Assertion: oxytocin | /r/CapableOf | play essential role
Facets:
value: in breastfeeding
type: LOCATION
value: in maternal bonding
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in mammalian labor
type: LOCATION
value: in lactation
type: TEMPORAL
value: in social affiliation
type: OTHER
value: in a variety of physiological processes
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Oxytocin plays an essential role in a variety of physiological processes that are active during interpersonal contact and in sexual reproduction.
text: Oxytocin, a 9-amine neuropeptide synthesized in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus, is secreted from the posterior pituitary into the systemic circulation, playing an essential role in mammalian labor, lactation, maternal bonding, and social affiliation.
text: Oxytocin play an essential role in breastfeeding, signaling the production of breast milk.