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Microbial stimulation of oxytocin release from the intestinal epithelium via secretin signaling
Gut Microbes, 2023 Intestinal microbes impact the health of the intestine and organs distal to the gut. Limosilactobacillus reuteri is a human intestinal microbe that promotes normal gut transit, the anti-inflammatory immune system, wound healing, normal social behavior in
Heather A. Danhof +4 more
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Oxytocin Modulates Nociception as an Agonist of Pain-Sensing TRPV1
Cell Reports, 2017 Summary: Oxytocin is a hormone with various actions. Oxytocin-containing parvocellular neurons project to the brainstem and spinal cord. Oxytocin release from these neurons suppresses nociception of inflammatory pain, the molecular mechanism of which ...
Yelena Nersesyan +14 more
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17β-estradiol upregulates oxytocin and the oxytocin receptor in C2C12 myotubes [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background The endocrinology of skeletal muscle is highly complex and many issues about hormone action in skeletal muscle are still unresolved. Aim of the work is to improve our knowledge on the relationship between skeletal muscle and 17β-estradiol ...
Enrica Berio +4 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019 Background Oxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce or speed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg +13 more
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Barriers and Breakthroughs in Targeting the Oxytocin System to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 Development of better treatments for alcohol use disorder (AUD) is urgently needed. One promising opportunity for this development is the potential of targeting the oxytocin peptide system.
Andrey E. Ryabinin, Yangmiao Zhang
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Sex and hormonal status influence the anxiolytic-like effect of oxytocin in mice
Neurobiology of Stress, 2023 Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent psychiatric disorders, affecting approximately 18% of the United States population. Evidence indicates that central oxytocin mediates social cognition, social bonding, and social anxiety.
Khalin E. Nisbett +6 more
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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 +3 more
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Oxytocin and Estrogen Receptor β in the Brain: An Overview
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2015 Oxytocin is a neuropeptide synthesized primarily by neurons of the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus. These neurons have axons that project into the posterior pituitary and release oxytocin into the bloodstream to promote labor ...
Alexandra eAcevedo-Rodriguez +2 more
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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 +10 more
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