Altered PVN-to-CA2 hippocampal oxytocin pathway and reduced number of oxytocin-receptor expressing astrocytes in heart failure rats
Ferdinand Althammer, Ranjan K. Roy, Arthur Lefèvre, Rami Salim Najjar, Kai Schoenig, Dušan Bartsch, Marina Eliava, Rafaela G. Feresin, Elizabeth A. D. Hammock, Anne Z. Murphy, Alexandre Charlet, Valery Grinevich, Javier Eduardo Stern
The paper investigates changes in the PVN-to-CA2 oxytocin pathway in heart failure rats, finding altered oxytocinergic innervation and reduced OTR-expressing astrocytes.
Journal of Neuroendocrinology · May 19, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience