vasotocin

English

Noun

vasotocin (plural vasotocins)

1. (biochemistry) An oligopeptide found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin and vasopressin.
   • 2022 October 24, Hannah Thomasy, “They May Have Love on Their Lizard Brains”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     In mammals, vasopressin and oxytocin play important roles in social behaviors, and reptiles have structurally similar hormones called vasotocin and mesotocin. […] Dr. Campos’s research indicates that vasotocin may alter chemical communication between green anole lizards, and other researchers found that mesotocin may be related to courtship behaviors in brown anoles.

Derived terms

• vasotocinergic

Related terms

• mesotocin

 

Anagrams

• vasotonic, vocations