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Heart attack is the most common cause of death related to illness. At the point when the heart doesn't get the blood and oxygen it needs, an individual might encounter a possibly hazardous respiratory failure, clinically called a myocardial infarction.

By and large, researchers accepted that heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, couldn't recover. This implied any heart muscle cells an individual lost during a coronary failure would not be able to recover after some time. Nonetheless, a few researches have shown that heart muscle cells might have the option to recover.

Furthermore, a group of researchers from Michigan State College presents proof that a chemical called oxytocin might assist with invigorating the recovery of cardiomyocytes. Specialists accept this finding may one day help with reestablishing lost heart muscle cells in individuals who have respiratory failures. This study was published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Oxytocin - The love hormone 

Oxytocin is a normally happening chemical created in the nerve center locale of the cerebrum. The chemical is generally connected with elements of the female reproductive framework, including childbirth and breastfeeding.

Dr. Tadwalkar likewise brought up that oxytocin is known as the "love hormone" since it advances holding and a positive state of mind.

"Oxytocin is increased by activities that we often find pleasurable or potentially and/or fulfilling," he said. "Typically, these are mind-body activities like meditation, yoga, or sexual intimacy. Also included [are] conversation, cooking, sharing a meal with someone, being charitable, performing acts of kindness, as well as engaging in forms of touch such as kissing, hugging, and massage," he was quoted as saying by the Medical News Today. 

Oxytocin can improve heart health 

Dr. Aitor Aguirre, one of the authors of the study, working as an assistant professor at Michigan State University said, "the most common role of oxytocin relates to bonding and pleasure, which suggests that being in a caring and loving environment might promote heart healing. You could say that the love hormone fixes broken hearts." 

Additionally, he said to Healthline, "What we have found in this study is that oxytocin induces the formation of these stem cells and promotes their expansion, increasing their efficiency in heart regeneration."