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Oxytocin, Feeding, and Satiety
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Oxytocin neurons have a physiological role in food intake and energy balance. Central administration of oxytocin is powerfully anorexigenic, reducing food intake and meal duration. The central mechanisms underlying this effect of oxytocin have become better understood in the past few years. Parvocellular neurons of the paraventricular nucleus project to the caudal brainstem to regulate feeding via autonomic functions including the gastrointestinal vago-vagal reflex. In contrast, magnocellular neurons of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei release oxytocin from their dendrites to diffuse to distant hypothalamic targets involved in satiety. The ventromedial hypothalamus, for example, expresses a high density of oxytocin receptors but does not contain detectable oxytocin nerve fibers. Magnocellular neurons represent targets for the anorexigenic neuropeptide α-melanocyte stimulating hormone. In addition to homeostatic control, oxytocin may also have a role in reward-related feeding. Evidence suggests that oxytocin can selectively suppress sugar intake and that it may have a role in limiting the intake of palatable food by inhibiting the reward pathway.
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“Axonal release of oxytocin from the PVN may also have effects on hedonic food consumption via dopaminergic mesolimbic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA)(25, 26, 27).”
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“Oxytocin is also released by dendrites of magnocellular neurons of the PVN and SON, and may reduce food intake in part via diffusion to the ventromedial nucleus, a satiety-regulating brain region rich in oxytocin receptors(25).”
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“Additionally, it is known that vagal nerve fibers project to the PVN (Sabatier et al., 2013; Uvnas-Moberg et al., 2014), a brain region where oxytocin is produced”
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- Authors
- Sabatier, N., Leng, G., & Menzies, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Menzies, John
- Venue
- Frontiers in Endocrinology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 4
- Pages
- 35-35
- ISSN
- 1664-2392 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC3603288
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- W2131330949
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- 7.02
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- Funders
- Medical Research Scotland
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/E015123/1)
- FP7 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology (266408, 245009)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Keywords
- oxytocin, feeding behavior, satiety, anorectic effect, paraventricular nucleus, supraoptic nucleus, magnocellular neurons, parvocellular neurons, ventromedial hypothalamus, oxytocin receptor, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, energy balance, vago-vagal reflex, food reward, sugar consumption, palatable food intake
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