Oxytocin: the neuropeptide of love reveals some of its secrets.
The neuropeptide oxytocin is synthesized in the brain and released from neurohypophyseal terminals into the blood and within defined brain regions that regulate emotional, cognitive, and social behaviors. A recent study of CD38-/- mice (Jin et al., 2007) has demonstrated an essential role for the transmembrane receptor CD38 in secretion of oxytocin into the blood.
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Inga D
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Department of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. inga.neumann@biologie.uni-regensburg.de
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