In singing mice, binding of the oxytocin receptor in the hippocampus and medial amygdala was higher in S. xerampelinus than in the other species.
In plain wordsIn singing mice, one species had more oxytocin receptor binding in brain areas for social and spatial memory than the other species.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- Not applicableOxytocin receptor binding in hippocampus and medial amygdala
- Study
Singing mice (Scotinomys xerampelinus)n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Scotinomys teguina
- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Nervous system and cognition
Source sentences
In S. xerampelinus, receptor binding was significantly higher in a suite of interconnected structures implicated in social and spatial memory, including OTR in the hippocampus and medial amygdala, and V1aR in the anterior and laterodorsal thalamus.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We used autoradiography to characterize central vasopressin 1a receptor (V1aR) and OT receptor (OTR) distributions in two species of singing mice, ecologically specialized Central American rodents with a highly developed form of vocal communication.
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.