Psychology
2 years ago

Hormones Discovered to Regulate Thirst and Reproduction in Rats

Endocrinology
Gonadal steroid modulation of oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression in the hypothalamus of the osmotically stimulated rat
Rebecca S. Crowley

Paper Summary

The researchers studied how hormones affect the genes for oxytocin and vasopressin in the brain of rats. They found that sex hormones can change the activity of these genes in response to changes in the body's water levels.

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