The neuropeptide oxytocin has attracted great attention of the general public, basic
neuroscience researchers, psychologists, and psychiatrists due to its profound pro-social …

Neuropeptides that are released from dendrites, such as oxytocin and vasopressin, function
as autocrine or paracrine signals at their site of origin, but can also act at distant brain …

The central oxytocin system transformed tremendously during the evolution, thereby
adapting to the expanding properties of species. In more basal vertebrates (paraphyletic …

Antunes-Rodrigues, José, Margaret de Castro, Lucila LK Elias, Marcelo M. Valença, and
Samuel M. McCann. Neuroendocrine Control of Body Fluid Metabolism. Physiol Rev 84: 169 …

The hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system (HNS) is the major peptidergic neurosecretory
system through which the brain controls peripheral physiology. The hormones vasopressin …

The hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), which is evolutionarily conserved among
different species throughout the animal kingdom, is a key modulator of a variety of socio …

Magnocellular oxytocin and vasopressin cells are among the most extensively studied
neurons in the brain; their large size and high synthetic capacity, their discrete …

Oxytocin secretion from the posterior pituitary gland is increased during parturition,
stimulated by the uterine contractions that forcefully expel the fetuses. Since oxytocin …

The hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei contain magnocellular
neurosecretory cells (MNC s) that project to the posterior pituitary gland where they secrete …

▪ Abstract Physiological activation of the magnocellular hypothalamo-neurohypophysial
system induces a coordinated astrocytic withdrawal from between the magnocellular somata …