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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A New Strategy to Stabilize Oxytocin in Aqueous Solutions: I. The Effects of Divalent Metal Ions and Citrate Buffer [PDF]
, 2011 In the current study, the effect of metal ions in combination with buffers (citrate, acetate, pH 4.5) on the stability of aqueous solutions of oxytocin was investigated.
Amorij, Jean-Pierre +9 more
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The Oxytocin Receptor: From Intracellular Signaling to Behavior.
Physiological Reviews, 2018 The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly 25,000 publications since 1930 (see FIGURE 1 , as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for OXT and its receptor (OXTR) in reproduction, and social and ...
Benjamin Jurek, I. Neumann
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Oxytocin and social pretreatment have similar effects on processing of negative emotional faces in healthy adult males [PDF]
, 2013 Oxytocin has been shown to affect several aspects of human social cognition, including facial emotion processing. There is also evidence that social stimuli (such as eye-contact) can effectively modulate endogenous oxytocin levels.
Hernádi, Anna +3 more
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Oxytocin in Schizophrenia: Pathophysiology and Implications for Future Treatment
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Schizophrenia is a form of mental disorder that is behaviorally characterized by abnormal behavior, such as social function deficits or other behaviors that are disconnected from reality.
K. Goh, Chun-Hsin Chen, H. Lane
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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 +7 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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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. +6 more
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A Highly Potent Analogue of Oxytocin, Desamino-oxytocin
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1962 Derek B. Hope +2 more
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The involvement of actin, calcium channels and exocytosis proteins in somato-dendritic oxytocin and vasopressin release [PDF]
, 2012 Hypothalamic magnocellular neurons release vasopressin and oxytocin not only from their axon terminals into the blood, but also from their somata and dendrites into the extracellular space of the brain, and this can be regulated independently ...
Leng, Gareth, Ludwig, Mike, Tobin, Vicky
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