A genetically encoded green fluorescent sensor for oxytocin, MTRIAOT, offers an opportunity to perform real-time recording of brain oxytocin dynamics in living animals.
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This is a summary of: Ino, D., Tanaka, Y., Hibino, H. & Nishiyama, M. A fluorescent sensor for real-time measurement of extracellular oxytocin dynamics in the brain. Nat. Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01597-x (2022).
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Lighting up oxytocin dynamics in the brain with MTRIAOT. Nat Methods 19, 1187–1188 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01598-w
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