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Rita Ohan

University of Southern California

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Oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei bidirectionally modulate food intake

Jessica J. Rea, Clarissa M. Liu, Anna Hayes, Rita Ohan, Grace M. Schwartz, Alexander G. Bashaw, Molly E. Klug, Léa Décarie-Spain, Yedam Park, Alicia E. Kao, Valery Grinevich, Scott E. Kanoski

This study shows that oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei have opposing effects on food intake, with PVH neurons reducing meal size and SON neurons increasing it.

Molecular Metabolism · Jul 23, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Hippocampus oxytocin signaling promotes prosocial eating in rats

Jessica J. Rea, Clarissa M. Liu, Anna Hayes, Alexander G. Bashaw, Grace M. Schwartz, Rita Ohan, Léa Décarie-Spain, Alicia E. Kao, Molly E. Klug, Kenneth J. Phung, Alice I Waldow, Ruth I. Wood, Scott E. Kanoski

This study shows that oxytocin signaling in the dorsal hippocampus promotes prosocial eating in rats by enhancing food consumption with familiar conspecifics and facilitating social transmission of food preference.

bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2024Neuroscience