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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1965 Abstract N-Carbobenzoxy-S-methoxybenzyl-l-cysteinyl-l-tyrosyl-l-isoleucyl-l-glutaminyl-l-asparagin-yl-S-p-methoxybenzyl-l-cysteinyl-l-prolyl-l-leucylglycinamide (IX) was synthesized by the step-wise elongation method, and highly potent oxytocin was obtained from IX by treatment not only with sodium in liquid ammonia, but also with ...
Shumpei Sakakibara +3 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 Background The reproductive hormone oxytocin facilitates labour, birth and postpartum adaptations for women and newborns. Synthetic oxytocin is commonly given to induce or augment labour and to decrease postpartum bleeding.
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Is Oxytocin “Nature’s Medicine”?
Pharmacological Reviews, 2020 Oxytocin is a pleiotropic, peptide hormone with broad implications for general health, adaptation, development, reproduction, and social behavior. Endogenous oxytocin and stimulation of the oxytocin receptor support patterns of growth, resilience, and ...
C. S. Carter +11 more
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Molecular Psychiatry, 2020 Reports on the modulatory role of the neuropeptide oxytocin on social cognition and behavior have steadily increased over the last two decades, stimulating considerable interest in its psychiatric application.
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Roles of Oxytocin in Stress Responses, Allostasis and Resilience
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Oxytocin has been revealed to work for anxiety suppression and anti-stress as well as for psychosocial behavior and reproductive functions. Oxytocin neurons are activated by various stressful stimuli.
Y. Takayanagi, T. Onaka
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The Role of Mesotocin on Social Bonding in Pinyon Jays [PDF]
, 2020 The neuropeptide oxytocin influences mammalian social bonding by facilitating the building and maintenance of parental, sexual, and same‐sex social relationships.
Allaire J. +14 more
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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 +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 +4 more
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Molecular Psychiatry, 2021 Oxytocin is an important regulator of the social brain. In some animal models of autism, notably in Magel2tm1.1Mus-deficient mice, peripheral administration of oxytocin in infancy improves social behaviors until adulthood. However, neither the mechanisms
A. Bertoni +14 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objective To evaluate oxytocin use for augmentation of labour in relation to body mass index (BMI) on admission to the labour ward, focusing on cumulative oxytocin dose and maximum rate of oxytocin infusion during the first stage of labour.Design ...
Preben Kjølhede +3 more
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