Vasopressin and Oxytocin

Molecular, Cellular, and Clinical Advances

Hans H. Zingg, Charles W. Bourque, Daniel G. Bichet (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

483 Seiten

2012
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-7210-3 (ISBN)

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This monograph provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the field of vasopressin and oxytocin. In the summer of 1997, scientists from over 20 countries congregated in Montreal for the 1997 World Congress of Neurohypophysial Hormones, a conference that united the fields of vasopressin, neurohypophysis and oxytocin in a single joint meeting that gave rise to the present book. The organization of a joint meeting was prompted by several recent developments. Specifically the molecular characterization of the vasopressin/oxytocin receptor family made it mandatory to adopt an integrated view and to discuss the vasopressin/oxytocin ligand/receptor family as a whole. To ensure em phasis on novelty, the conference focused on advances made over the last two years and also included important contributions by scientists that had not previously been associated with the vasopressin/oxytocin field. Vasopressin and oxytocin are two neurohormones that exert a wide spectrum of cen tral and peripheral actions. Accordingly, the vasopressin/oxytocin field embraces a large number of different domains, ranging from neuroscience, endocrinology, and oncology to renal, reproductive, and cardiovascular physiology and pathology.

Historical Overview.- Biosynthesis of Vasopression and Oxytocin.- Neuronal Activity and Release.- Effects.- Signalling.- Receptors: Expression and Regulation.- Receptors: Structure/Function.- Renal Actions of Vasopression.- Antagonists.

Reihe/Serie	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ; 449
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 483 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Nephrologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-4613-7210-0 / 1461372100
ISBN-13	978-1-4613-7210-3 / 9781461372103
Zustand	Neuware