The many facets of the oxytocin (OXT) system of the brain and periphery elicited nearly
25,000 publications since 1930 (see, as listed in PubMed), which revealed central roles for …

Oxytocin has garnered considerable interest for its role in social behavior, as well as for the
potential of intranasal administration to treat social difficulties. However, current theoretical …

Thirst motivates animals to find and consume water. More than 40 years ago, a set of
interconnected brain structures known as the lamina terminalis was shown to govern thirst …

Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide, which can be seen to be one of the molecules of the
decade due to its profound prosocial effects in nonvertebrate and vertebrate species …

Abstract Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (GLP‐1) is derived from the peptide precursor pre‐pro‐
glucagon (PPG) by enzymatic cleavage and acts via its receptor, glucagon‐like peptide‐1 …

The Fourth Edition of Knobil & Neill continues to serve as a reference aid for research, to
provide the historical context to current research, and most importantly as an aid for …

Systemic osmoregulation is a vital process whereby changes in plasma osmolality, detected
by osmoreceptors, modulate ingestive behaviour, sympathetic outflow and renal function to …

Fitzsimons, JT Angiotensin, Thirst, and Sodium Appetite. Physiol. Rev. 78: 583–686, 1998.—
Angiotensin (ANG) II is a powerful and phylogenetically widespread stimulus to thirst and …

Central administration of the preproglucagon-derived peptide glucagon-like peptide-1
significantly inhibits ingestion of food and water, and glucagon-like peptide-1 binding sites …

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 …