In cultured rat hypothalamic progenitor cells, neurons that express oxytocin, among other neuroendocrine peptides, were generated in vitro.
In plain wordsIn cells grown in a dish, rat brain progenitor cells produced neurons that make the body's own oxytocin, among other peptides.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- Not applicableGeneration of oxytocin-expressing neurons from progenitor cultures
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Cultured hypothalamic and hippocampal neural progenitor cells- Outcome group
- Brain and neuronal activity · Nervous system and cognition
Source sentences
The range of phenotypes generated from neuronal precursors in vitro now includes the peptides found in the neuroendocrine system: corticotropin-releasing hormone, growth hormone-releasing hormone, gonadotropin-releasing hormone, oxytocin, somatostatin, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, and vasopressin.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The cultured neural precursors from 7-week-old rat hypothalamus readily generated neuropeptide-expressing neurons.
This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.