OSMORECEPTION IN MAGNOCELLULAR NEUROSECRETORY-CELLS - FROM SINGLE CHANNELS TO SECRETION

Authors
OLIET SHR BOURQUE CW
Citation
Shr. Oliet et Cw. Bourque, OSMORECEPTION IN MAGNOCELLULAR NEUROSECRETORY-CELLS - FROM SINGLE CHANNELS TO SECRETION, Trends in neurosciences, 17(8), 1994, pp. 340-344
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Trends in neurosciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
01662236
Volume
17
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
340 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0166-2236(1994)17:8<340:OIMN-F>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Recognizing that osmotic pressure is a principal factor controlling an tidiuresis, Verney introduced the term 'osmoreceptor' to designate the mysterious cerebral structures that regulate vasopressin release from the posterior pituitary. While hormone secretion from the neurohypoph ysis is influenced by synaptic inputs from other osmoresponsive neuron s, magnocellular neurosecretory cells currently provide our most compr ehensive model of signal detection in an osmoreceptor.