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Oxytocin in pregnancy and the postpartum: relations to labor and its management [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine variations in endogenous oxytocin levels in pregnancy and postpartum state. We also explored the associations between delivery variables and oxytocin levels.
Marie ePrevost, Phyllis eZelkowitz, Togas eTulandi, Barbara eHayton, Nancy eFeeley, C. Sue eCarter, Lawrence eJoseph, Hossein ePournajafi-Nazarloo, Erin eYong Ping, Haim eAbenhaim, Ian eGold   +10 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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Oxytocin, feeding and satiety [PDF]

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2013
Oxytocin neurones have a physiological role in food intake and energy balance. Central administration of oxytocin is powerfully anorexigenic, reducing food intake and meal duration.
Nancy eSabatier, Gareth eLeng, John eMenzies   +2 more
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Developmental disruption of amygdala transcriptome and socioemotional behavior in rats exposed to valproic acid prenatally

Molecular Autism, 2017
Background The amygdala controls socioemotional behavior and has consistently been implicated in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Precocious amygdala development is commonly reported in ASD youth with the degree of overgrowth positively ...
Catherine E. Barrett, Thomas M. Hennessey, Katelyn M. Gordon, Steve J. Ryan, Morgan L. McNair, Kerry J. Ressler, Donald G. Rainnie   +6 more
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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, Jihwan Lee, Aanchal Thapa, Robert A. Britton, Sara C. Di Rienzi   +4 more
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Microbial lysate upregulates host oxytocin [PDF]

, 2017
Neuropeptide hormone oxytocin has roles in social bonding, energy metabolism, and wound healing contributing to good physical, mental and social health. It was previously shown that feeding of a human commensal microbe Lactobacillus reuteri (L.
Alm, Eric J., Cheung, Harry K., DiBenedictis, Brett T., Didyk, Eliska, Erdman, Susan E., Hardas, Alexandros, Ibrahim, Yassin, Kolandaivelu, Kumaran, Levkovich, Tatiana, Poutahidis, Theofilos, Ricciardi, Catherine E., Shikhman, Lana, Varian, Bernard J., Veenema, Alexa H.   +13 more
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Anxious to see you: Neuroendocrine mechanisms of social vigilance and anxiety during adolescence. [PDF]

, 2020
Social vigilance is a behavioral strategy commonly used in adverse or changing social environments. In animals, a combination of avoidance and vigilance allows an individual to evade potentially dangerous confrontations while monitoring the social ...
Cassano G. B., Gegenhuber B., Hollingworth S. A., Marler C. A., Park J., Pickett C. L., Williamson C. M.   +6 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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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, Lusine Demirkhanyan, Deny Cabezas-Bratesco, Victoria Oakes, Ricardo Kusuda, Tyler Dawson, Xiaohui Sun, Chike Cao, Alejandro Martin Cohen, Bharath Chelluboina, Krishna Kumar Veeravalli, Katharina Zimmermann, Carmen Domene, Sebastian Brauchi, Eleonora Zakharian   +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, Sara Divari, Laura Starvaggi Cucuzza, Bartolomeo Biolatti, Francesca Tiziana Cannizzo   +4 more
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