Assertion: hypothalamus's nucleus | /r/CapableOf | produce oxytocin
Facets:
value: in mammals
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In mammals, magnocellular neurosecretory cells in the paraventricular nucleus and the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus produce neurohypophysial hormones, oxytocin and vasopressin.
text: The paraventricular nucleus in hypothalamus contains cell bodies of oxytocinergic neurons (produce oxytocin) projecting to brain areas outside hypothalamus that also play a role in the expression of yawning.
text: Other periventricular axons, from cells in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei that produce oxytocin or vasopressin, pass directly through the pituitary stalk to the posterior pituitary gland, where their terminals secrete these hormones into the general circulation.