Kanako Miyano, Miki Nonaka, Masahiro Sakamoto, Mika Murofushi, Yuki Yoshida, Kyoko Komura, Katsuya Ohbuchi, Yoshikazu Higami, Hideaki Fujii, Yasuhito Uezono
Oxytocin, a significant pleiotropic neuropeptide, regulates psychological stress adaptation and social communication, as well as peripheral actions, such as uterine contraction and milk ejection. Recently, a Japanese Kampo medicine called Kamikihito (KKT) has been reported to stimulate oxytocin neurons to induce oxytocin secretion. Two-pore-domain potassium channels (K2P) regulate the resting potential of excitable cells, and their inhibition results in accelerated depolarization that elicits neuronal and endocrine cell activation...
April 30, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences