The Brain Oxytocin Receptor(s?)

Steroid Hormone Metabolites Are Barbiturate-Like Modulators of the GABA Receptor

1986 • 2,194 citations

Distribution of androgen and estrogen receptor mRNA‐containing cells in the rat brain: An in situ hybridization study

1990 • 2,107 citations

Identification of angiotensin II receptor subtypes

1989 • 825 citations

Oxytocin receptor distribution reflects social organization in monogamous and polygamous voles.

1992 • 821 citations

Preliminary biochemical characterization of two angiotensin II receptor subtypes

1989 • 779 citations

Oxytocin is required for nursing but is not essential for parturition or reproductive behavior.

1996 • 712 citations

Structure and expression of a human oxytocin receptor

1992 • 622 citations

A neurobiological basis of social attachment

1997 • 553 citations

Oxytocin — A neuropeptide for affiliation: Evidence from behavioral, receptor autoradiographic, and comparative studies

1992 • 480 citations

Inhibition of oxytocin receptor function by direct binding of progesterone

1998 • 468 citations

Oxytocin activates the postpartum onset of rat maternal behavior in the ventral tegmental and medial preoptic areas.

1994 • 448 citations

A gender-specific mechanism for pair bonding: Oxytocin and partner preference formation in monogamous voles.

1995 • 432 citations

A gender-specific mechanism for pair bonding: Oxytocin and partner preference formation in monogamous voles.

1995 • 409 citations

Vasopressin and Oxytocin Receptors in the Central Nervous System

1996 • 402 citations

Central effects of oxytocin

1991 • 376 citations

Dendritic Release of Vasopressin and Oxytocin

1998 • 335 citations

Structural bases of vasopressin/oxytocin receptor function

1998 • 303 citations

Tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-1, and interleukin-6 in normal human pregnancy

1993 • 283 citations

Oxytocin releases atrial natriuretic peptide by combining with oxytocin receptors in the heart

1997 • 273 citations

Progesterone modulates a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

1992 • 272 citations

Structural organization of the human oxytocin receptor gene.

1994 • 236 citations

Behavioral Effects of Progesterone Associated with Rapid Modulation of Oxytocin Receptors

1990 • 223 citations

Gonadal steroids regulate oxytocin receptors but not vasopressin receptors in the brain of male and female rats. An autoradiographical study

1990 • 206 citations

A rise in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration of isolated rat supraoptic cells in response to oxytocin.

1994 • 197 citations

Estrogen receptor α is essential for induction of oxytocin receptor by estrogen

1998 • 189 citations

Structure, characterization, and expression of the rat oxytocin receptor gene.

1995 • 188 citations

Localization of oxytocin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat brain

1993 • 180 citations

Oxytocin Control of Maternal Behavior Regulation by Sex Steroids and Offspring Stimuli^a

1997 • 168 citations

Changes in Oxytocin Receptor mRNA in Rat Brain During Pregnancy and the Effects of Estrogen and Interleukin‐6

1997 • 158 citations

Paraventricular and supraoptic bursting oxytocin cells in rat are locally regulated by oxytocin and functionally related.

1989 • 150 citations

Infusion of Antisense Oligo-deoxynucleotides to the Oxytocin Receptor in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus Reduces Estrogen-Induced Sexual Receptivity and Oxytocin Receptor Binding in the Female Rat

1994 • 146 citations

Effects of stress and glucocorticoids on CNS oxytocin receptor binding

1997 • 145 citations

Rat oxytocin receptor in brain, pituitary, mammary gland, and uterus: partial sequence and immunocytochemical localization.

1995 • 143 citations

Estrogen modulation of oxytocin and its relation to behavior.

1995 • 139 citations

Effects of Estrogen on Oxytocin Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in the Uterus, Pituitary, and Forebrain of the Female Rat

1997 • 136 citations

Vasopressin and oxytocin receptors

1996 • 136 citations

Central oxytocin and reproductive behaviours

1997 • 132 citations

An oxytocin receptor antagonist infused into the supraoptic nucleus attenuates intranuclear and peripheral release of oxytocin during suckling in conscious rats.

1994 • 128 citations

Differential Expression of Estrogen Receptor &agr; and &bgr; Immunoreactivity by Oxytocin Neurons of Rat Paraventricular Nucleus

1997 • 124 citations

Cloning, Novel Promoter Sequence, and Estrogen Regulation of a Rat Oxytocin Receptor Gene*

1997 • 113 citations

Intracerebrally Released Vasopressin and Oxytocin: Measurement, Mechanisms and Behavioural Consequences

1995 • 111 citations

Oxytocin predominantly excites putative oxytocin neurons in the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro

1987 • 109 citations

Gene Targeting Approaches to Neuroendocrinology: Oxytocin, Maternal Behavior, and Affiliation

1997 • 102 citations

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of V₂ [8‐lysine] vasopressin and oxytocin receptors from a pig kidney cell line

1993 • 100 citations

Structure and expression of the mouse oxytocin receptor gene

1996 • 92 citations

Sex differences in and effects of estrogen on oxytocin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in the ventromedial hypothalamus.

1995 • 92 citations

Regulation of oxytocin, oestradiol and progesterone receptor concentrations in different uterine regions by oestradiol, progesterone and oxytocin in ovariectomized ewes

1996 • 90 citations

Establishing behavioral and physiological functions of central oxytocin: insights from studies of oxytocin and ingestive behaviors.

1995 • 89 citations

Central oxytocin inhibition of food and salt ingestion: a mechanism for intake regulation of solute homeostasis

1993 • 87 citations

Patch‐Clamp Analysis of Direct Steroidal Modulation of Glutamate Receptor‐Channels

1994 • 87 citations

Discrimination of angiotensin II receptor subtype distribution in the rat brain using non-peptidic receptor antagonists

1991 • 82 citations

Localization and characterization of vasopressin binding sites in the rat brain using an iodinated linear AVP antagonist

1993 • 78 citations

Oxytocin binding sites in rat limbic and hypothalamic structures: Site-specific modulation by adrenal and gonadal steroids

1993 • 78 citations

Expression and Region-Specific Regulation of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene in Rat Brain¹

1997 • 76 citations

Structural analysis and regulation of angiotensin II receptors

1994 • 71 citations

Regulation of oxytocin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in the ventromedial hypothalamus by testosterone and its metabolites.

1995 • 65 citations

Structure and Expression of the Bovine Oxytocin Receptor Gene

1995 • 61 citations

The oxytocin receptor: a target for steroid hormones

1993 • 60 citations

Angiotensin II receptor antagonists and receptor subtypes

1992 • 57 citations

Oxytocin receptor subtypes in the pregnant rat myometrium and decidua: pharmacological differentiations.

1993 • 51 citations

Evidence for Inhibition by Protein Kinase A of Receptor/Gαq/Phospholipase C (PLC) Coupling by a Mechanism Not Involving PLCβ2*

1998 • 50 citations

NGF, cyclic AMP, and phorbol esters regulate oxytocin receptor gene transcription in SK-N-SH and MCF7 cells

1998 • 40 citations

Estrogen increases renal oxytocin receptor gene expression.

1995 • 40 citations

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the oxytocin receptor from a rat pancreatic cell line (RINm5F)

1996 • 38 citations

Structure and expression of an ovine endometrial oxytocin receptor cDNA

1995 • 36 citations

Chromosomal Localization of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Isoforms in the Rat

1993 • 34 citations

Are There Oxytocin Receptors in the Primate Brain?

1997 • 33 citations

Molecular Endocrinology of the Oxytocin Receptor.

1995 • 32 citations

Agonist and antagonist specificities of decidual prostaglandin-releasing oxytocin receptors and myometrial uterotonic oxytocin receptors in pregnant rats

1994 • 30 citations

Two oxytocin-binding site subtypes in rat kidney: pharmacological characterization, ontogeny and localization by in vitro and in vivo autoradiography

1997 • 27 citations

Central interleukin‐1 beta stimulation of vasopressin release into the rat brain: activation of an antipyretic pathway.

1994 • 26 citations

Molecular biology of the oxytocin receptor: a comparative approach

1997 • 23 citations

Cloning and Expression of the Rhesus Monkey Oxytocin Receptor

1998 • 19 citations

Second messenger pathways for oxytocin and prostaglandins in human myometrium

1995 • 8 citations