Mice lacking oxytocin developed obesity with reduced sympathetic nervous system activity, establishing oxytocin as an endogenous metabolic regulator beyond its social bonding role.
Key findingMice lacking oxytocin developed obesity with reduced sympathetic nervous system activity, establishing oxytocin as an endogenous metabolic regulator b
What the researchers found
Mice lacking oxytocin developed obesity with reduced sympathetic nervous system activity, establishing oxytocin as an endogenous metabolic regulator beyond its social bonding role.
Why it matters
Relevant for peptide research.
How the study worked
research study.
What this study cannot tell us
See abstract.
How to read the evidence
emerging evidence.
When this study was published
Published in 2009.
The bigger picture
Advances peptide research.
Questions still open
- Further research needed.
Common questions
What was studied?
What was found?
Read the original research
Low sympathetic tone and obese phenotype in oxytocin-deficient mice.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 17(5), 980-4
Citation
Camerino, Claudia. (2009). Low sympathetic tone and obese phenotype in oxytocin-deficient mice.. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 17(5), 980-4. https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.12