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Co-expression of vasopressin with beta-endorphin and dynorphin in individual cells from the ovaries of Brattleboro and Long-Evans rats: immunocytochemical studies.

Lolait SJ, Autelitano DJ, Markwick AJ, Toh BH, Funder JW

Peptides1 Mar 1986Cited by 9 (Europe PMC)

PMID2874549 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/0196-9781(86)90224-x (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-02874549
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Results from this study1

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Natural levels measured1

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  1. 01AnimalEndogenous levelAnimal study (in vivo)Other

    In rat ovaries, the body's own oxytocin was not observed in any ovarian cell type.

    In plain wordsIn rats, the body's own oxytocin was not found in any cell type of the ovary.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    No significant changeOxytocin immunoreactivity in ovarian cell types
    Study

    ratn: not reported in source

    Ovaries of Brattleboro and Long-Evans rats
    Outcome group
    Endogenous peptide levels · Reproductive and sexual health

    Source sentences

    Summary
    ir-oxytocin was not observed in any ovarian cell type in the rat.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    The distribution of arginine-vasopressin (AVP)-, oxytocin-, beta-endorphin (beta-EP)- and dynorphin-immunoreactive cells was examined by peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) immunocytochemistry in the ovaries of Brattleboro and Long-Evans (LE) rats.

    This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.

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  1. Version 2Current

    11 Oct 2026, 20:03 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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