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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2021

Chronic hindbrain administration of oxytocin elicits weight loss in male diet-induced obese mice.

Melise M Edwards, Ha K Nguyen, Adam J Herbertson, Andrew D Dodson, Tomasz Wietecha, Tami Wolden-Hanson, James L Graham, Kevin D O'Brien, Peter J Havel, James E Blevins

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Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The serum oxytocin correlated with serum leptin and body mass index in Japanese adolescents.Clinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2026
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  16. Modulation of the thermosensory system by oxytocin.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022
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  20. Oxytocin as an Anti-obesity Treatment.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melise M EdwardsOffice of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
Ha K NguyenOffice of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
Adam J HerbertsonOffice of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
Andrew D DodsonOffice of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
Tomasz WietechaDivision of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Tami Wolden-HansonOffice of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
James L GrahamDepartment of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California.ORCID 0000-0001-6507-8149
Kevin D O'BrienUW Medicine Diabetes Institute, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Peter J HavelDepartment of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California.
James E BlevinsOffice of Research and Development Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veteran Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.ORCID 0000-0002-7587-0380
University of Washington · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Vector and Transgenic Mouse CoreP30DK017047 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Julie Mathieu · 1986 to 2026
$41.4M
Neuropathology and inflammation in a nonhuman primate model of insulin resistance/metabolic syndromeR01AG085572 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI STEPHEN D GINSBERG, PETER J HAVEL · 2024 to 2026
$3.8M
Effects of 2wk fructose & HFCS consumption on lipid dysregulation & insulin resisR01HL091333 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI HAVEL, PETER J · 2008 to 2012
$2.0M
Fatty acid sources of fructose and HFCS-induced postprandial hypertriglyceridemiaR01HL107256 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI HAVEL, PETER J, SCHWARZ, JEAN-MARC · 2011 to 2014
$1.5M
Role of Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis in Oxytocin-Elicited Weight LossR01DK115976 · NIDDK · SEATTLE INST FOR BIOMEDICAL/CLINICAL RES · PI BLEVINS, JAMES ERNEST · 2018 to 2021
$1.4M
Role of Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis in Oxytocin-Elicited Weight Loss in Rodents and Nonhuman PrimatesI01BX004102 · VA · VA PUGET SOUND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI James Ernest Blevins · 2018 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX004102HHS | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) DK-095980HHS | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) HL-091333HHS | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) HL-107256HHS | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) P30DK017047HHS | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) R01DK115976NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091333NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL107256NIA NIH HHS R01 AG085572NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK017047NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115976U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) BX004102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies indicate that oxytocin (OT) administration reduces body weight in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese (DIO) rodents through both reductions in food intake and increases in energy expenditure. We recently demonstrated that chronic hindbrain [fourth ventricular (4V)] infusions of OT evoke weight loss in DIO rats. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that chronic 4V OT would elicit weight loss in DIO mice. We assessed the effects of 4V infusions of OT (16 nmol/day) or vehicle over 28 days on body weight, food intake, and body composition. OT reduced body weight by approximately 4.5% ± 1.4% in DIO mice relative to OT pretreatment body weight (

Indexed as

Diet, High-FatAdipocytes, BrownAdipocytes, WhiteAdiposityAnimalsAnti-Obesity AgentsDisease Models, AnimalEatingEnergy IntakeInfusions, IntraventricularLeptinMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLObesityOxytocinAnti-Obesity AgentsLeptinOxytocinUcp1 protein, mouseUncoupling Protein 1brown adipose tissueobesityoxytocinthermogenesiswhite adipose tissue

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PMID33470901
PMCPMC8238148
OpenAlexW3122482976

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