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Reduced sodium appetite and increased oxytocin gene expression in mutant mice lacking beta-endorphin.
Neuroscience - 1 Jan 2003
Franchini L F, Rubinstein M, Vivas L
Abstract excerpt
Central opioid and oxytocinergic systems have been involved in the regulatory control of sodium appetite. In addition, previous studies support the existence of a functional interaction between opioid peptides and oxytocinergic pathways, and suggest that beta-endorphin neurons would modulate the...
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