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- See also changes related to Vasopressin, or pages that link to Vasopressin or to this page or whose text contains "Vasopressin".
- Diabetes insipidus [r]: Disease caused by a deficiency in the secretion of vasopressin, or by the failure of the kidney to respond to vasopressin. [e]
- Oxytocin [r]: A mammalian hormone that is secreted into the bloodstream from the posterior pituitary gland, and which is also released into the brain where it has effects on social behaviors. [e]
- Supraoptic nucleus [r]: An aggregation in the hypothalamus of magnocellular neurosecretory neurones that project to the posterior pituitary gland, and which secrete the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin [e]
- Posterior pituitary gland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Neuroendocrinology [r]: The study of the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. [e]
- Hypothalamus [r]: A part of the mammalian brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon. [e]
- Vincent du Vigneaud [r]: (1901 - 1978); awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955 "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone". [e]
- Standard genetic code [r]: Correlation between RNA codons and protein amino acids. [e]
- Diuretic [r]: Agents that promote the excretion of urine through their effects on kidney function. [e]
- Florida (U.S. state) [r]: large, populous, coastal state in southeast U.S.; became a state in 1845 and rebelled during the civil war (1861-1865). [e]
- Vasopressin receptor [r]: Cell surface receptors to which vasopressins bind or interact in order to modify the function of the cells. Two types of vasopressin receptor exist, the V1 receptor in the vascular smooth muscle and the V2 receptor in the kidneys. [e]
- Neuropeptide [r]: Peptides released by neurons as intercellular messengers. [e]