Oxytocin is well-known as the “love hormone” and also for its action in the Milk Ejection Reflex(20;21). However it is also a neurotransmitter in the brain, and is released primarily by skin-to-skin contact. In the mothers brain the oxytocin suppresses the “cingulate gyrus”, which is the fear centre of the brain, thus making the mother fearless to protect her baby(22;23). Oxytocin in the baby stimulates the brain pathways for approach, and the response is to open his eyes and to gaze at mother(22) .This is the beginning of bonding, the vital first bond on which foundation all other relationships are formed.The baby suckling also releases cholecystokinin, which in the mother’s amygdala gives the emotion of contentment and well-being. In the baby this same hormone aids self-regulation of digestion and it calms the amygdala, the emotional centre of the baby’s brain(24;25).>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.stemologicaonline.com/