Oxytocin aka 'Love Hormone' could serve as Alzheimer's remedy, new research claims

Oxytocin, also known as the “love hormone,” could be used to treat certain conditions like Alzheimer’s, according to the Tokyo University of Science. 

Professor Akiyoshi Saitoh led a group of researchers that discovered the potential power of the love hormone. 

"Oxytocin was recently found to be involved in regulating learning and memory performance, but so far, no previous study deals with the effect of oxytocin on Aβ-induced cognitive impairment," he told the Tokyo University of Science. “At present, there are no sufficiently satisfactory drugs to treat dementia, and new therapies with novel mechanisms of action are desired.”

He added that the most recent research shows that oxytocin could serve as a treatment to help conditions connected to memory loss, like Alzheimer’s. If all goes well, this will only be the beginning. 

“We expect that our findings will open up a new pathway to the creation of new drugs for the treatment of dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease,” he told the university.