Oxytocin 10mg

Peptide Name

Oxytocin (Lyophilized Powder)

Chemical Name/Structure

• Chemical Name: L-cysteinyl-L-tyrosyl-L-isoleucyl-L-glutaminyl-L-asparaginyl-L-cysteinyl-L-prolyl-L-leucylglycinamide cyclic (1→6)-disulfide
  

• Sequence: Cys-Tyr-Ile-Gln-Asn-Cys-Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 (Disulfide bridge: \text{Cys}^1\text{-Cys}^6)

CAS Number

50-56-6

Core Areas of Research Investigation

• Social Bonding and Behavioral Neuromodulation: Investigating the peptide's role within the central nervous system in regulating maternal behaviors, social recognition, empathy, and pair-bonding mechanisms.

• Smooth Muscle Contraction Dynamics: Evaluating the signaling pathways activated when the peptide binds to the G-protein coupled oxytocin receptor (OXTR) in uterine myofibrils and mammary myoepithelial cells.

• Anxiolytic & Stress Response Regulation: Probing how central oxytocin release modulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, attenuates cortisol production, and influences fear-extinction learning in threat-response models.

• Autonomic and Cardiovascular Homeostasis: Studying the vascular effects of oxytocin, specifically its role in promoting nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation and cardiac relaxation pathways.

• Neuroprotective Barriers during Development: Exploring how fetal oxytocin exposure alters neuronal GABAergic signaling, analyzing its protective role against transient hypoxic injury during development.

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