The New Frontier in Oxytocin Physiology: The Oxytonic Contraction
Oxytocin (Oxt) is a nine amino acid peptide important in energy regulation and is essential to stress-related disorders. Specifically, low Oxt levels are associated with obesity in human subjects and diet-induced or genetically modified animal models. The striking evidence that Oxt is linked to ener...
Main Author: | Claudia Camerino |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/14/5144 |
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