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Published in Drug Week, August 15th, 2008
New investigation results, 'Oxytocin facilitates the induction of long-term potentiation in the accessory olfactory bulb,' are detailed in a study published in Neuroscience Letters. According to recent research from Kochi, Japan, "When female mice are mated, they form a memory to the pheromonal signal of their male partner. Several lines of evidence indicate that the neural changes underlying this memory occur in the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) at the first stage of the vomeronasal system."
"The formation of this memory depends on the mating-induced release of noradrenaline in the AOB. In addition to noradrenaline, the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) is also...
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Source: Drug Week (2008-08-15)
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