 Receptors, Oxytocin
"Receptors, Oxytocin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cell surface proteins that bind oxytocin with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. Oxytocin receptors in the uterus and the mammary glands mediate the hormone's stimulation of contraction and milk ejection. The presence of oxytocin and oxytocin receptors in neurons of the brain probably reflects an additional role as a neurotransmitter.
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D018045
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.100.630 D12.776.543.750.720.600.630 D12.776.543.750.750.555.630 D12.776.543.750.750.660.600
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Receptors, Oxytocin".
- Chemicals and Drugs [D]
- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
- Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
- Receptors, Cell Surface [D12.776.543.750]
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled [D12.776.543.750.100]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.100.630]
- Receptors, Neurotransmitter [D12.776.543.750.720]
- Receptors, Neuropeptide [D12.776.543.750.720.600]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.720.600.630]
- Receptors, Peptide [D12.776.543.750.750]
- Receptors, Neuropeptide [D12.776.543.750.750.555]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.750.555.630]
- Receptors, Pituitary Hormone [D12.776.543.750.750.660]
- Receptors, Oxytocin [D12.776.543.750.750.660.600]
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Yrigollen CM, Han SS, Kochetkova A, Babitz T, Chang JT, Volkmar FR, Leckman JF, Grigorenko EL. Genes controlling affiliative behavior as candidate genes for autism. Biol Psychiatry. 2008 May 15; 63(10):911-6.
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