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Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma concentrations of oxytocin and vasopressin during parturition and vaginocervical stimulation in the sheep
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Simultaneous blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were taken from conscious sheep before, during and after parturition. Concentrations of plasma and CSF oxytocin were significantly elevated during contractions and particularly at birth. Mean prepartum CSF concentrations of oxytocin were around 55% of those found in plasma but postpartum they were up to 2-fold higher than those in plasma. Plasma concentrations of oxytocin were only significantly elevated, compared to prepartum levels, for 15 min postpartum whereas those in CSF were increased for the whole of the 120 min postpartum sampling period. Plasma, but not CSF, concentrations of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) were significantly raised during contractions and birth, and for 15 min postpartum. During the prepartum period CSF AVP concentrations were 67% of those found in plasma whereas at birth plasma levels were 10-fold higher than in CSF. In a separate experiment it was shown that 5 min of mechanical vaginocervical stimulation also stimulated significant increases in CSF and plasma oxytocin concentrations and in plasma vasopressin. Results support previous work suggesting an important role for central oxytocin release in the postpartum induction of maternal behavior and demonstrate that elevated concentrations of oxytocin in the CSF are present for a greater period than in blood. Elevated plasma AVP concentrations during contractions, birth or vaginocervical stimulation may be stimulated by stress associated with these stimuli.
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“Central oxytocin seems fundamental for this mother-infant bonding, as cerebral injections of oxytocin induce acceptance of an unfamiliar lamb by ewes even after initial bonding”
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“Oxytocin is released into blood and brain during parturition, but in sheep (81), plasma concentrations were only elevated for 15min postpartum whereas those in CSF were increased for >120min.”
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- Authors
- Kendrick, K. M., Keverne, E. B., Hinton, M. R., & Goode, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- ORCID
- Kendrick, K.M.
- Venue
- Brain Research Bulletin
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1991-05
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 803-807
- ISSN
- 0361-9230 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2059265899
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 6.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Brain Research Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Keywords
- oxytocin, vasopressin, cerebrospinal fluid, plasma concentration, childbirth, vaginocervical stimulation, labor contractions, stress response, sheep
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cervix Uteri, Female, Labor, Obstetric, Oxytocin, Pregnancy, Radioimmunoassay, Sheep, Vagina, Vasopressins
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