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OXYTOCIN has been shown to have marked metabolic effects in several species of experimental animals. These effects can be elicited either by administration of exogenous material or by physiological stimuli inducing the secretion of oxytocin from the posterior pituitary gland. A marked species difference may be seen in the effects1. In the chicken the occurrence of the oxytocic principle in the hypophysis is established2 but its physiological significance remains obscure, and the literature contains little concerning the metabolic effects of oxytocin in the chicken. Possible sex difference in the effects was also investigated, as it was recently noted that such difference occurred in the dog3.
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KOOK, Y., CHO, K. & YUN, K. Metabolic Effects of Oxytocin in the Chicken. Nature 204, 385–386 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204385b0
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