In human posterior pituitary sections, sex hormone-binding globulin partially colocalized with oxytocin.
In plain wordsIn human pituitary tissue, a hormone-binding protein was partly found in the same places as oxytocin.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- Not applicableSHBG co-localization with oxytocin in posterior pituitary
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
A partial colocalization with oxytocin could be observed in the posterior pituitary lobe in consecutive semithin sections.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Here we describe the immunocytochemical mapping of SHBG-containing neurons and nerve fibers in the human hypothalamus and infundibulum.
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.