Oxytocin null mice ingest enhanced amounts of sweet solutions during light and dark cycles and during repeated shaker stress.
Billings LB, Spero JA, Vollmer RR, Amico JA.
Billings LB, et al. Among authors: amico ja.
Behav Brain Res. 2006 Jul 15;171(1):134-41. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.03.028. Epub 2006 May 4.
Behav Brain Res. 2006.
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Male and female C57BL/6 mice that lack the gene for oxytocin (OT KO mice) displayed an initial and sustained enhanced intake of sucrose solution over water compared to wild type (WT) mice when the solutions were presented as a two-bottle choice [Amico JA, Vollmer RR …
Male and female C57BL/6 mice that lack the gene for oxytocin (OT KO mice) displayed an initial and sustained enhanced intake of sucrose solu …