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Oxytocin and Appetite

  • Caquineau C
  • Leng G
Springer New York, (2011), 289-302
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3_20
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Abstract

Oxytocin is best known as a circulating hormone that is secreted from the posterior pituitary gland (the neurohypophysis) to mediate uterine contractions during parturition and which is essential for milk let-down during suckling. However, oxytocin is also released...

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Caquineau, C., & Leng, G. (2011). Oxytocin and Appetite. In Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition (pp. 289–302). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3_20

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