In adult rats, nerve section had no effect on oxytocin binding sites in facial, hypoglossal or sciatic motor nuclei.
In plain wordsIn adult rats, cutting a motor nerve did not change oxytocin binding sites in the matching motor nuclei.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changeOxytocin binding sites in motor nuclei after nerve section
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Nervous system and cognition
Source sentences
In contrast, nerve section had no effect on oxytocin binding sites in facial, hypoglossal, or sciatic motor nuclei.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
To investigate whether other motor nuclei also react to axotomy by up-regulating [Arg8]VP receptors, we sectioned either a hypoglossal nerve or a sciatic nerve.
In this study, Oxytocin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Oxytocin.