Physiology of invertebrate oxytocin and vasopressin neuropeptides
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Physiology of invertebrate oxytocin and vasopressin neuropeptides
Neuropeptides and regulatory peptide hormones control many developmental, physiological and behavioural processes in animals, including humans. The nonapeptides oxytocin and arginine vasopressin are produced and released by the pituitary gland and have actions on many organs and tissues. Receptive cells possess particular receptors to which the peptides bind as ligands, leading to activation of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Physiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0958-0670,1469-445X
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.072561