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Voluntary exercise impacts on the rat hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis mainly at the adrenal level.

Droste SK, Chandramohan Y, Hill LE, Linthorst AC, Reul JM

Neuroendocrinology25 Jun 2007Cited by 116 (Europe PMC)

PMID17595533 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1159/000104770 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-17595533
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  1. 01AnimalEndogenous levelAnimal study (in vivo)Other

    In male rats, 4 weeks of voluntary running did not change paraventricular oxytocin mRNA levels.

    In plain wordsIn male rats, voluntary running did not change the body's own oxytocin gene activity in the paraventricular nucleus.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    No significant changeParaventricular oxytocin mRNA level after voluntary exercise
    Study

    ratn: not reported in source

    Male Sprague-Dawley rats with running wheel access for 4 weeks
    Comparator
    Control rats without running wheel
    Outcome group
    Stress hormones · Endocrine and hormones

    Source sentences

    Summary
    No changes were observed in paraventricular corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), arginine-vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin mRNA levels.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Therefore, male Sprague-Dawley rats were given access to a running wheel in their home cage for 4 weeks in which they ran 4-7 km per night.

    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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