In pregnancy, blood volume increases greatly and plasma osmolality is reduced, due to mild
hyponatraemia despite sodium retention. In rats, both vasopressin and oxytocin neurones in …

Neurohypophysial hormones are thought to be involved in alterations in fluid balance during
pregnancy and delivery. In the course of normal pregnancy intravascular volume is …

Progress of parturition in the rat is optimal when there is increased oxytocin secretion, thus
ensuring quick birth and otherwise risking adverse neonatal health. To ensure that the …

This review stresses changes in osmoregulation as well as the secretion and metabolism of
aŕginine vasopressin during pregnancy, focusing on human gestation. Pregnant women …

In virgin rats, systemic administration of interleukin (IL)‐1β (ie to mimic infection), increases
oxytocin secretion and the firing rate of oxytocin neurones in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) …

Osmoregulation was studied throughout rodent pregnancy focusing on the importance of the
fetoplacental unit and prolactin in the observed alterations. Plasma osmolality (Posmol) and …

In pregnancy, endogenous opioids inhibit enhanced basal and stressor‐stimulated oxytocin
neurone activity and secretion. By contrast, stress responses of the hypothalamo‐pituitary …

Osmoregulation during pregnancy was compared in Brattleboro rats completely lacking
vasopressin [homozygous (DI)], those with partial deficiency [heterozygous (HZ)], and …

Oxytocin secretion from the posterior pituitary gland is increased during parturition,
stimulated by the uterine contractions that forcefully expel the fetuses. Since oxytocin …

We examined the functional role of the nitric oxide (NO)-producing system in magnocellular
neurons and how this changes at the end of pregnancy, using a combination of blood …