Oxytocin/Related Articles

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Parent Topics

• Neuroendocrinology [r]: The study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. ^[e]
• Endocrinology [r]: Generically, the study of glands and the hormonal regulation of physiology; also the subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with diseases of the endocrine system ^[e]

Subtopics

Brain areas

• Hypothalamus [r]: A part of the mammalian brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon. ^[e]
• Paraventricular nucleus [r]: Aggregation of neurons in the hypothalamus with important roles in neurendocrine regulation. ^[e]
• Supraoptic nucleus [r]: An aggregation in the hypothalamus of magnocellular neurosecretory neurones that project to the posterior pituitary gland, and which secrete the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin ^[e]
• Posterior pituitary gland [r]: Add brief definition or description

Physiology

• Parturition [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Milk ejection [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Maternal behaviour [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bonding [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Natriuresis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sodium appetite [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Osmoregulation [r]: Add brief definition or description

Related hormones

• Vasopressin [r]: A hormone also called (arginine vasopressin, (AVP); formerly known as antidiuretic hormone, ADH), produced in the hypothalamus secreted from the posterior pituitary that causes kidneys to concentrate urine to conserve water, also causes vasoconstriction. ^[e]
• Vasotocin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Isotocin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mesotocin [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other Related Topics

• Vincent du Vigneaud [r]: (1901 - 1978); awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955 "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone". ^[e]