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 Translation for 'oxytocin' from English to Norwegian
NOUN   oxytocin | -
SYNO oxytocin | Pitocin
biokjemifarm.
oksytocin {n}
oxytocin
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Translation for 'oxytocin' from English to Norwegian

oxytocin
oksytocin {n}biokjemifarm.
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Usage Examples English
  • Prostaglandins increase the effect of oxytocin and vice versa. The contractions should be carefully monitored if oxytocin is given after a prostaglandin dose.
  • Another hormone thought to influence sexual desire is oxytocin.
  • It has been shown that oxytocin differentially affects males and females.
  • Paralleling this behavioral sex difference, estrogen enhances the effects of oxytocin, whereas androgens inhibit oxytocin release.
  • His research and ideas have garnered some criticism, particularly from science writer Ed Yong, who points out that oxytocin administration boosts schadenfreude and envy.

  • Atosiban is a nonapeptide, desamino-oxytocin analogue, and a competitive vasopressin/oxytocin receptor antagonist (VOTra).
  • Oxytocin is responsible for the milk let-down reflex as a response to neonate suckling.
  • Another facet of England's research program focuses on the role of oxytocin in uterine contractility and how variations in response to oxytocin might lead to labor dysfunction.
  • His research mostly addressed the molecular mechanisms of oxytocin.
  • Lipo-oxytocin-1 (LOT-1) is a synthetic peptide and derivative of oxytocin that acts as an agonist of the oxytocin receptor.

  • For example, during lactation there are large changes in the size and shape of the oxytocin neurons, in the numbers and types of synapses that these neurons receive, and in the structural relationships between neurons and glial cells in the nucleus.
  • Oxytocin levels in human females are associated with the degree of physical affection and bonding.
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