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 …

The brain's three sensory circumventricular organs, the subfornical organ, organum
vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and the area postrema lack a blood brain barrier and …

The hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system (HNS) is the major peptidergic neurosecretory
system through which the brain controls peripheral physiology. The hormones vasopressin …

Located in the midline anterior wall of the third cerebral ventricle (ie the lamina terminalis),
the median preoptic nucleus (Mn PO) receives a unique set of afferent neural inputs from …

Sodium appetite, the behavioural drive to ingest salt, is stimulated by prolonged
physiological sodium deficiency in many animal species. The same neural mechanisms that …

Magnocellular oxytocin and vasopressin cells are among the most extensively studied
neurons in the brain; their large size and high synthetic capacity, their discrete …

Recent studies have indicated that members of the transient receptor potential vanilloid
(TRPV) family of cation channels are required for the generation of normal osmoregulatory …

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

Circumventricular organs (CVO) play a critical role as transducers of information between
the blood, neurons and the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). They permit both the release and …

The lamina terminalis, located in the anterior wall of the third ventricle, is comprised of the
subfornical organ, median preoptic nucleus (MnPO) and organum vasculosum of the lamina …