Rao G M
Great AI-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya.
Indian J Med Sci. 1995 Nov;49(11):261-6.
After decades of classic research on its secretion from the neurohypophysis and its potential effects in the uterus and the gland, oxytocin has, in the last 15 years, been proven to be centrally distributed neuropeptide with a broad spectrum of behavioral effects. Of particular interest are reports of potent effects of oxytocin on many reproductive and social behaviors such as maternal behavior, female sexual receptivity (lordosis), penile erection, male mounting behavior and side by side contact. The nonapeptides promote a large number of key behavioral interactions between conspecifics than any other class of neuropeptides. Nonapeptides may trigger the appropriate intraspecific affiliative behavior under broad range of reproductive and social conditions.
在对其从神经垂体分泌及其在子宫和腺体中的潜在作用进行了数十年的经典研究之后，在过去15年中，催产素已被证明是一种在中枢分布的神经肽，具有广泛的行为效应。特别令人感兴趣的是有关催产素对许多生殖和社会行为，如母性行为、雌性性接受能力（脊柱前凸）、阴茎勃起、雄性骑跨行为和并排接触等产生强大作用的报道。与任何其他类别的神经肽相比，这种九肽促进了同种个体之间大量关键的行为互动。在广泛的生殖和社会条件下，九肽可能会引发适当的种内亲和行为。
