Discontinuing oxytocin during active labor was associated with a 20% lower risk for cesarean delivery and reduced the risk for uterine tachysystole and non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracings. The ...

Oxytocin is a hypothalamic nonapeptide that acts both as a neuromodulator in the brain and as a hormone in the periphery. Within the central nervous system, oxytocin contributes to social cognition by ...