Breast –feeding is beneficial for mother and her child. It strengthens the mother-child bond. The study led by Professor Jianfeng Feng has shown that breastfeeding promotes the maternal bond through a biochemical process.

Breast feeding initiates a flood of the hormone oxytocin that releases milk from the mammary gland .This hormone also releases a feeling of love and trust in the mother that ensures the baby's needs are met.

The study showed that oxytocin is also released from the part of the cell called the dendrite which is usually the part of a neurone which receives, rather than transmits information. This collectively leads to enlarged oxytocin production that results in bursts of the hormone released at regular intervals.

One of the researchers said, "We knew that these pulses arise because, during suckling, oxytocin neurons fire together in dramatic synchronized bursts. But exactly how these bursts arise has been a major problem that has until now eluded explanation.’’ The present study has explained the mechanism behind this large production of this trust hormone.