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Key points
A quantitative model of oxytocin neurones that combines a spiking model, a model of stimulus–secretion coupling and a model of plasma clearance of oxytocin was tested.
To test the model, a variety of sources of published data were used that relate either the electrical activity of oxytocin cells or the secretion of oxytocin to experimentally induced changes in plasma osmotic pressure...