The neurohypophysial hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) is essential for a wide range of
physiological functions, including water reabsorption, cardiovascular homeostasis, hormone …

Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) mediate their biological actions by acting on four
known receptors: The OT (uterine) and the AVP V 1a (vasopressor), V 1b (pituitary), V 2 …

In patients with heart failure (HF), the neuroendocrine systems of the sympathetic nervous
system (SNS), the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) and the arginine …

Nausea is a complex sensation that results from the interaction of certain fixed biological
factors, such as gender, with changeable psychological factors, such as anxiety. This is the …

Principal cells lining renal collecting ducts control the fine-tuning of body water homeostasis
by regulating water reabsorption through the water channels aquaporin-2 (AQP2) …

Hyponatremia is a very common electrolyte abnormality, associated with poor short-and
long-term outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Two opposite processes can result in …

Vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) are mainly synthesized in the magnocellular neurons of
the paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic nucleus (SON) of the hypothalamus. Axons from …

Identification of the aquaporin (AQP) protein family more than twenty years ago has ushered
in an era where water and neutral solute trafficking is considered a prime target for …

Aims To investigate in detail the correlates of dysnatremia, and to estimate its differential
prognostic relevance in patients with heart failure with reduced or preserved LVEF …

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) plays an important role in water and sodium homeostasis. It acts
via three receptor subtypes—V 1 a, V 1 b, and V 2—distributed widely throughout the body …