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OCR: nen, minal Oxytocin has no definite known role in although it may aid contraction of the se cts the vesicles of the testis, In women, it contra le initiator pregnant uterus, although it is not the s promotes of parturition. During lactation, oxytocir muscle in milk ejection by contraction of smooth r d by a the breast ducts - an effect that is mediate uences neurohormonal reflex. Oxytocin also inf ocin is ovarian function. Like vasopressin, oxy may affect released from the median eminence and the anterior pituitary. The response of leasing by gonadotrophins to the gonadotrophin-re hormone (GnRH) appears to be modifie uggest that oxytocin. There is tentative evidence to yte and thatoxytocin increases lipolysis in the adipo it may affect cerebral function.