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Efficacy of Oxytocin in Reducing Blood Loss During Abdominal Myomectomy

Proceedings, 2022
Introduction: The drug of choice for preventing postpartum uterine atony and bleeding is oxytocin. Myomectomy is a procedure that may result in substantial bleeding.
Saira Niaz, Shazia Abid, Adila Ashraf, Naila Mumtaz   +3 more
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Elevated salivary levels of oxytocin persist more than seven hours after intranasal administration

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2012
We addressed the question how long salivary oxytocin levels remain elevated after intranasal administration, and whether it makes a difference when 16 IU or 24 IU of oxytocin administration is used.
Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn, Ritu eBhandari, Rixt evan der Veen, Karen eGrewen, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg   +4 more
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Immunoglobulin G is a natural oxytocin carrier which modulates oxytocin receptor signaling: relevance to aggressive behavior in humans

Discover Mental Health, 2023
Oxytocin is a neuropeptide produced mainly in the hypothalamus and secreted in the CNS and blood. In the brain, it plays a major role in promoting social interactions.
Henning Værøy, Emilie Lahaye, Christophe Dubessy, Magalie Benard, Marion Nicol, Yamina Cherifi, Saloua Takhlidjt, Jean-Luc do Rego, Jean-Claude do Rego, Nicolas Chartrel, Sergueï O. Fetissov   +10 more
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Increased Serum and Urinary Oxytocin Concentrations after Nasal Administration in Beagle Dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017
In recent years more and more studies have revealed the effect of extraneous oxytocin on the social behavior of dogs. The distribution of administered oxytocin in different physiologically relevant compartments is important because this knowledge forms ...
Andrea Temesi, Julianna Thuróczy, Lajos Balogh, Ádám Miklósi, Ádám Miklósi   +4 more
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An obligate role of oxytocin neurons in diet induced energy expenditure. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Oxytocin neurons represent one of the major subsets of neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamus (PVH), a critical brain region for energy homeostasis.
Zhaofei Wu, Yuanzhong Xu, Yaming Zhu, Amy K Sutton, Rongjie Zhao, Bradford B Lowell, David P Olson, Qingchun Tong   +7 more
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Stopping Oxytocin in Active Labor Rather Than Continuing it until Delivery: A Viable Option for the Induction of Labor

Oman Medical Journal, 2015
Objective: Induction of labor (IOL), using intravenous oxytocin, is the artificial initiation of labor before its spontaneous onset for the purpose of delivery of the fetoplacental unit.
Seema Chopra, Sandip K. SenGupta, Vanita Jain, Parveen Kumar   +3 more
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Involvement of Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel 3 in Oxytocin Neuronal Activity in Lactating Rats With Pup Deprivation

ASN Neuro, 2020
Oxytocin, a hypothalamic neuropeptide essential for breastfeeding, is mainly produced in oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and paraventricular nucleus.
Dongyang Li, Haitao Liu, Xiaoyu Liu, Hongyang Wang, Tong Li, Xiaoran Wang, Shuwei Jia, Ping Wang, Yu-Feng Wang   +8 more
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Systemic effects of oxytocin on male sexual activity via the spinal ejaculation generator in rats

Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2021
Oxytocin is produced in the hypothalamus and stimulates uterine contraction and milk ejection. While many people consider oxytocin to be a female hormone, it is reported that, in men, the plasma oxytocin level increases markedly after ejaculation ...
Takumi Oti, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Hirotaka Sakamoto   +2 more
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Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage with Oxytocin versus Ergometrine Plus Oxytocin in the third stage of labor

Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2016
Objective:To evaluate the effect of the addition of intravenous ergometrine to a standard oxytocin infusion on the blood loss during vaginal delivery.Study design: Prospective, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial.Materials and methods: Three ...
Thitipun Nuamsiri, Kasemsis Kaewkiattikun   +1 more
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Oxytocin in the Male Reproductive Tract; The Therapeutic Potential of Oxytocin-Agonists and-Antagonists

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
In this review, the role of oxytocin and oxytocin-like agents (acting via the oxytocin receptor and belonging to the oxytocin-family) in the male reproductive tract is considered.
Beatrix Stadler, Michael R. Whittaker, Betty Exintaris, Ralf Middendorff   +3 more
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