PERSPECTIVES ON VASOPRESSIN

PERSPECTIVES ON VASOPRESSIN

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER John Francis Laycock	i
INTRODUCTION TO VASOPRESSIN John Laycock	1
COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF VASOPRESSIN Jacques Hanoune	21
THE NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL SYSTEM: SYNTHESIS AND METABOLISM OF VASOPRESSIN Jacques Hanoune	39
VASOPRESSIN RECEPTORS, THE SIGNALLING CASCADE AND MECHANISMS OF ACTION Jacques Hanoune	67
PHARMACOLOGY OF THE VASOPRESSIN RECEPTORS Jacques Hanoune	120
VASOPRESSIN AND ITS RENAL EFFECTS John Laycock	133
VASOPRESSIN AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM John Laycock	176
VASOPRESSIN AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER HORMONES AND CONTROL SYSTEMS John Laycock	202
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF VASOPRESSIN IN THE HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY ADRENOCORTICAL AXIS Julia Buckingham	230
VASOPRESSIN: THE CENTRAL SYSTEMS Gareth Leng and Simone Meddle	257
VASOPRESSIN SECRETION: MECHANISMS OF CONTROL OF SECRETION FROM THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND Gareth Leng	288
CLINICAL ASPECTS OF VASOPRESSIN Jacques Hanoune and John Laycock	315
BACK MATTER John Francis Laycock	337
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