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The posterior pituitary (PP) hormones oxytocin (OXT) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) are synthesized within the hypothalamic nucleus and released from the PP into systemic circulation. Hypothalamic AVP projects its axons into the external layer of median eminence (eME) and regulates anterior pituitary hormone secretion during stress responses. Although similar as PP hormones, we demonstrate distinct regulatory roles of estrogen in hypothalamic OXT and AVP dynamics. OXT dynamics in the hypothalamus exhibit sex-dependent variations and that estrogen may influence dynamic OXT level changes, as observed in OXT-mRFP1 transgenic rats. Estrogen was also observed to modulate dynamic changes in AVP levels in the axon terminals of eME in female AVP-eGFP transgenic rats. Although OXT and AVP are produced within the similar hypothalamic region, both exhibit distinct dynamics within the hypothalamus. Estrogen acts on the hypothalamus, and further effects of estrogen replacement therapy can be expected.
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