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Vasopressin : mechanisms of action, physiology and side effects / Leonzio Galella, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Neuroscience research progress series.
- Endocrinology research and clinical developments.
- Neuroscience research progress
- Endocrinology research and clinical developments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vasopressin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Novinka, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vasopressin is a hormone involved in water balance and osmoregulation. It is produced by the hypothalamus and released by the neuro-pituitary. In this book, the authors discuss the mechanisms of action, physiology and side effects of vasopressin. Topics include the study of the role of vasopressin in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis regulation; vasopressin used in both adult and pediatric vasodilatory shock and cardiac arrest; the therapeutic potential and challenges of modulating myometrial smooth muscle tone through the vasopressin V1A receptor; the efficacy of vasoactive medications in acute variceal bleeds; and the reproductive and metabolic responses of desert adapted common spiny male mice to vasopressin treatment.
- Contents:
- Intro
- VASOPRESSIN: MECHANISMS OF ACTION, PHYSIOLOGY AND SIDE EFFECTS
- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1: AN UNFAIRLY UNDERVALUED PARTICIPANT OF THE STRESS PROCESSES: THE VASOPRESSIN
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BASAL LEVELS
- ACUTE STRESS
- ACTH-INDEPENDENT REGULATION OF THE CORTICOSTERONE SECRETION
- THE EXTRA-ADRENAL ROLE OF ACTH
- CHRONIC STRESS
- PERINATAL PERIOD
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 2: VASOPRESSIN IN PEDIATRIC SHOCK
- Untitled
- PHYSIOLOGY OF VASOPRESSIN DURING SHOCK
- THE ROLE OF VASOPRESSIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SHOCK
- VASOPRESSIN PHARMACOLOGY IN SHOCK
- VASOPRESSIN THERAPY IN SHOCK - THE EVIDENCE
- SAFETY OF VASOPRESSIN IN PEDIATRIC SHOCK
- Chapter 3: THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL AND THE CHALLENGES OF MODULATING MYOMETRIAL SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE THROUGH THE VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR
- ROLE OF VASOPRESSIN IN REGULATION OF MYOMETRIAL TONE
- DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS ON MYOMETRIAL CONTRACTILITY
- SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM
- Chapter 4: THE EFFICACY OF VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS IN ACUTE VARICEAL BLEEDS
- COMPARISON OF VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS WITH CONTROL
- COMPARISON OF EFFECT BETWEEN VASOACTIVE MEDICATION
- COMPARISON OF EFFECT BETWEEN VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS AND ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY
- COMPARISON OF EFFECT BETWEEN VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS AND BALLOON TAMPONADE
- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Chapter 5: REPRODUCTIVE AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF DESERT ADAPTED COMMON SPINY MALE MICE (ACOMYS CAHIRINUS) TO VASOPRESSIN TREATMENT
- ABSTRACT.
- INTRODUCTION
- PREVIOUS STUDIES
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-62417-312-8
- OCLC:
- 923667654
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