CONTROL OF VASOPRESSIN RELEASE - AN OLD BUT CONTINUING STORY

Authors
SHARE L
Citation
L. Share, CONTROL OF VASOPRESSIN RELEASE - AN OLD BUT CONTINUING STORY, News in physiological sciences, 11, 1996, pp. 7-13
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
News in physiological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
08861714
Volume
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
7 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1714(1996)11:<7:COVR-A>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Vasopressin, a nonapeptide, is synthesized in magnocellular neurons of the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei. Its release is stimulated by increased osmolality, sensed by osmoreceptors in the lamina termina lis, and by reductions in blood volume and blood pressure, sensed by a rterial baroreceptors and cardiac receptors. The role of cardiac recep tors is controversial.