Baby scent can be used as a cure for depression

The smell of newborn babies has a very positive effect on Mother's psychological state. Scientists think it can be used in the future as a cure against depression.

There is nothing like the smell of a newborn baby. No parent will ever forget the sweet, delicate aroma of their child's head. When my son was a boy, I could smell him for hours while he was standing either chest or back, tied to me in the kangaroo holder.

The smell of his head made me feel so attached to him, and research suggests that sweet smell is part of the mother-child bond. In fact, one study found that 90% of mothers can identify their child only by smelling it. And babies respond to their mother's scent.

There is a very real link, and as reported by the magazine Smithsonian, when researchers asked women's (mother and mother) groups to smell baby pajamas, dopamine paths in the adult brain were lit, and the reaction was stronger for mothers.

For mothers, this scent of a baby causes a dopamine increase. These results show that the smell of newborns undoubtedly plays a role in the development of motivating and emotional responses between the mother and child by producing mother - care functions such as breast - feeding and protection”, said Johannes Franzelli, a postdoctoral scholar at the Department of Montreal Psychological, where this study was conducted.

The birth of a mother and child who is part of mother's love is a product of evolution through natural selection in an environment where such a relationship is essential to the survival of newborn”, Frasnell explained.

In an evolutionary sense, a baby's amazing aroma helps keep babies alive and, in a physical sense, can also help mothers to relax.

Researchers at Stockholm's Department of Clinical Neuroscence are investigating whether this scent can be used one day to deal with depression.

30 women smelled of hats previously worn by newborns. As women smelled the scent, researchers studied their brains with a magnetic camera. Images gathered as women experienced other winds.

The results were convincing: The smell of infant hats seemed to affect women's brains in a similar way, with medicine used to treat mental illness.

Swedish scientists do not know exactly why our brains like that smell of children so much, and note that the body aroma of newborns contains about 150 different chemicals, so researchers still try to determine which chemicals are causing the reaction.