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Dehydration anorexia is attenuated in oxytocin-deficient mice.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 1 Jun 2005
Rinaman Linda, Vollmer Regis R, Karam Joseph, Phillips Donnesha, Li Xia, Amico Janet A
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Evidence in rats suggests that central oxytocin (OT) signaling pathways contribute to suppression of food intake during dehydration (i.e., dehydration anorexia). The present study examined water deprivation-induced dehydration anorexia in wild-type and OT -/- mice. Mice were deprived of food alon...
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