Vol. 36 (7) 2015 Neuro endocrinology letters

Cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin correlated with peripheral ALT and AST in Chinese female subjects.

OBJECTIVE: Oxytocin (OT) is primarily synthesized in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus in the central nervous system and exhibits a wide spectrum of central and peripheral activities. OT is involved in lipid metabolism and glucose homeostasis and plays a protective role against li.....