RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN

  

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RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN

Specialty Definition: RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN

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Health

Cell surface proteins that bind oxytocin with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells. Oxytocin receptors in the uterus and the mammary glands mediate the hormone's stimulation of contraction and milk ejection. The presence of oxytocin and oxytocin receptors in neurons of the brain probably reflects an additional role as a neurotransmitter. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ",-c-c-e-e-i-n-o-o-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-x-y"

-4 letters: corticosterone.

-5 letters: interoceptors, retrospection.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 43 45 50 54 4F 52 53 2C      4F 58 59 54 4F 43 49 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01000011 01000101 01010000 01010100 01001111 01010010 01010011 00101100 00100000 01001111 01011000 01011001 01010100 01001111 01000011 01001001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#67 &#69 &#80 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#83 &#44 &#32 &#79 &#88 &#89 &#84 &#79 &#67 &#73 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0043 0045 0050 0054 004F 0052 0053 002C      004F 0058 0059 0054 004F 0043 0049 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5239373950544952531424958595449374348

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INDEX

1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
3. Bibliography


  

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