Cort A.Pedersen and his co-workers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, demonstrated that oxytocin prompted nurturing behavior in rodent mothers.

• 例如美国北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的皮德生与合作夥伴证实，催产素会促进母齧齿动物的育儿行为。