The influence of bath application of oxytocin (OT) was investigated on the isolated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells by means of intracellular recording. The results showed that OT evoked depolarization in most cells and affected predominantly the DRG neurons with biophysical+ characteristics inherent in small neurons.
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