EndocrinologyAnimalsReceptorsVasopressinOxytocinArginine Vasopressin
Arginine Vasopressin Exerts Opposing Effects on Milk Ejection via Oxytocin and Vasopressin V1a Receptors in Mice.
Akihiro Kamikawa
Published: 202510.1210/endocr/bqaf151
Abstract
Milk ejection is the final process in maternal milk transfer from mothers to offspring and is regulated by oxytocin (OT) released from the neurohypophysis in response to the milk ejection reflex. Arginine vasopressin (AVP), another neurohypophyseal h…
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