![]() ![]() Its name is indicative of its involvement in parturition, as well as the descent of milk during breastfeeding, in humans and animals. It was later reported by Ernst Scharrer in 1928 in a study on fish neuroendocrinology, and was the first neuropeptide to be characterized by Du Vigneaud in the 1950s, which was later evaluated as an evolutionary tracer by Acher. Sir Henry Dale, in 1906, discovered this molecule which being secreted by a human posterior pituitary gland extract caused contractions in a pregnant cat’s uterus hence he named it oxytocin, a Greek word meaning fast (quick) parturition. Oxytocin is a nonapeptide, with peripheral and central actions.
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