The hormone of love attracts a partner for life.
Neurovascular integration during embryonic development is essential for adult physiology. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Gutnick et al. (2011) report that hypothalamic neurons secrete oxytocin as a guidance cue for endothelial cells to establish their vascular supply-a prerequisite for neuroendocrine secretion from the neurohyophysis in adult life.
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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