The neurohypophysial peptide oxytocin (OT) and OT-like hormones facilitate reproduction in
all vertebrates at several levels. The major site of OT gene expression is the magnocellular …

As exemplified particularly with vasopressin and oxytocin, release of neuropeptides within
the brain occurs from dendrites, somata, and axons of neurosecretory neurons; mechanisms …

Neuropeptides that are released from dendrites, such as oxytocin and vasopressin, function
as autocrine or paracrine signals at their site of origin, but can also act at distant brain …

Alterations in water homeostasis can disturb cell size and function. Although most cells can
internally regulate cell volume in response to osmolar stress, neurons are particularly at risk …

Vasopressin is emerging as a rational therapy for the hemodynamic support of septic shock
and vasodilatory shock due to systemic inflammatory response syndrome. The goal of this …

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is a heterogeneous and complex limbic
forebrain structure, which plays an important role in controlling autonomic, neuroendocrine …

Antunes-Rodrigues, José, Margaret de Castro, Lucila LK Elias, Marcelo M. Valença, and
Samuel M. McCann. Neuroendocrine Control of Body Fluid Metabolism. Physiol Rev 84: 169 …

Mammals respond to challenging situations with characteristic changes in their behaviour as
well as in autonomic and neuroendocrine parameters aimed at reinstating their disturbed …

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Abstract Information in neurons flows from synapses, through the dendrites and cell body
(soma), and, finally, along the axon as spikes of electrical activity that will ultimately release …