title: Oxytocin: the neuropeptide of love reveals some of its secrets.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. inga.neumann@biologie.uni-regensburg.de
authors.forename: Inga D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D051997:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1 / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008954:Models, Biological; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010121:Oxytocin; C498155:Cd38 protein, mouse; D051997:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1