"Receptors, Oxytocin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cell surface proteins that bind oxytocin with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. Oxytocin receptors in the uterus and the mammary glands mediate the hormone's stimulation of contraction and milk ejection. The presence of oxytocin and oxytocin receptors in neurons of the brain probably reflects an additional role as a neurotransmitter.
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D018045
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.630 D12.776.543.750.720.600.630 D12.776.543.750.750.555.630 D12.776.543.750.750.660.600
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Receptors, Oxytocin".
- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
- Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
- Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled [D12.776.543.750.695]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.695.630]
- Receptors, Neurotransmitter [D12.776.543.750.720]
- Receptors, Neuropeptide [D12.776.543.750.720.600]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.720.600.630]
- Receptors, Peptide [D12.776.543.750.750]
- Receptors, Neuropeptide [D12.776.543.750.750.555]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.750.555.630]
- Receptors, Pituitary Hormone [D12.776.543.750.750.660]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.750.660.600]
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Receptors, Oxytocin" by people in Profiles.
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Activation of hypothalamic oxytocin neurons reduces binge-like alcohol drinking through signaling at central oxytocin receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 10; 46(11):1950-1957.
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Social Stimuli Induce Activation of Oxytocin Neurons Within the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Promote Social Behavior in Male Mice. J Neurosci. 2020 03 11; 40(11):2282-2295.
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Oxytocin and Rodent Models of Addiction. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2018; 140:201-247.
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N-acetylcysteine prevents preterm birth by attenuating the LPS-induced expression of contractile associated proteins in an animal model. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Nov; 25(11):2395-400.