Therapeutic Potential of Targeting the Oxytocinergic System

Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Oct 31;23(21):13295. doi: 10.3390/ijms232113295.

Authors

Adele Romano¹, Gustavo Provensi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
² Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Pharmacology of Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.

Abstract

The nine amino acid neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT, Cys-Tyr-Ile-Gln-Asn-Cys-Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2) is one of the most studied hormones of the body [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Amino Acids*
Peptide Fragments*

Substances

Peptide Fragments
Amino Acids

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.