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OXYTOCIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oxytocin" is a kind of...):
endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
Context examples:
Other polypeptide ligands of GPCRs include vasopressin, oxytocin, somatostatin, neuropeptide Y, GnRH, luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, parathyroid hormone, orexins, urotensin II, endorphins, enkephalins, and many others.
(Bioactive Peptide Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The infundibulum is open to the third ventricle to allow for the release of antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin.
(Brain Infundibulum, NCI Thesaurus)
The neurosecretory granules containing antidiuretic hormone (ADH), oxytocin, ATP or neurophysin in the axon terminals of neurons projecting from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary.
(Herring Body, NCI Thesaurus)
Studies in mice, for example, show that oxytocin receptors are essential for recognizing individuals.
(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)
Stress, social situations, and sex-related differences can affect how much oxytocin and CRH is present in different brain areas.
(Anxiety molecules affect male and female mice differently, NIH)
Oxytocin also is involved in maternal-newborn bonding, cognition and many other psychological and physiological processes.
(Oxytocin, NCI Thesaurus)
Evidence has been building that the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin are involved in social recognition.
(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)
That oxytocin receptor interneurons released a molecule called CRHBP that blocked the activity of CRH.
(Anxiety molecules affect male and female mice differently, NIH)
The finding points the way to a better understanding of oxytocin’s role in social behavior.
(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)
The scientists activated oxytocin receptor interneurons and then compared how anxious or social the mice were during different tasks.
(Anxiety molecules affect male and female mice differently, NIH)
