 Oxytocin
"Oxytocin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A nonapeptide hormone released from the neurohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR). It differs from VASOPRESSIN by two amino acids at residues 3 and 8. Oxytocin acts on SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, such as causing UTERINE CONTRACTIONS and MILK EJECTION.
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D010121
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.631.692.433 D12.644.548.691.692.433
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oxytocin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Althammer F, Roy RK, Lefevre A, Najjar RS, Schoenig K, Bartsch D, Eliava M, Feresin RG, Hammock EAD, Murphy AZ, Charlet A, Grinevich V, Stern JE. Altered PVN-to-CA2 hippocampal oxytocin pathway and reduced number of oxytocin-receptor expressing astrocytes in heart failure rats. J Neuroendocrinol. 2022 07; 34(7):e13166.
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Srivastava R, Cornett LE, Chaturvedi CM. Impact of estrogen and photoperiod on arginine vasotocin and VT3 receptor expression in the shell gland of quail. Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2018 06 01; 10(2):372-385.
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