Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

Oestrogen-dependent hypothalamic oxytocin expression with changes in feeding and body weight in female rats

  • Kazuaki Nishimura,
  • Kiyoshi Yoshino,
  • Naofumi Ikeda,
  • Kazuhiko Baba,
  • Kenya Sanada,
  • Yasuki Akiyama,
  • Haruki Nishimura,
  • Kentaro Tanaka,
  • Satomi Sonoda,
  • Hiromichi Ueno,
  • Mitsuhiro Yoshimura,
  • Takashi Maruyama,
  • Toru Hachisuga,
  • Yoichi Ueta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03889-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Following fluorescently tagged oxytocin in hypothalamic nuclei of rats, its regulation by oestrogen and a variation of oxytocin dynamics between sexes is shown.