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Perspectives on vasopressin /
Vasopressin is a hormone which has an increasingly important profile. Not only does it play a physiologically significant role in renal water regulation but it also has other renal actions and plays a role in overall cardiovascular control. Even more interesting is the recent growing interest in its...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London : Hackensack, NJ :
Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. Introduction to vasopressin / John Laycock
- ch. 2. Comparative and evolutionary aspects of vasopressin / Jacques Hanoune
- ch. 3. The neurohypophysial system : synthesis and metabolism of vasopressin / Jacques Hanoune
- ch. 4. Vasopressin receptors, the signalling cascade and mechanisms of action / Jacques Hanoune ch. 5. Pharmacology of the vasopressin receptors / Jacques Hanoune
- ch. 6. Vasopressin and its renal effects / John Laycock
- ch. 7. Vasopressin and the cardiovascular system / John Laycock
- ch. 8. Vasopressin and its interactions with other hormones and control systems / John Laycock
- ch. 9. Understanding the role of vasopressin in the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenocortical axis / Julia Buckingham
- ch. 10. Vasopressin : the central systems / Gareth Leng and Simone Meddle
- ch. 11. Vasopressin secretion : mechanisms of control of secretion from the posterior pituitary gland / Gareth Leng
- ch. 12. Clinical aspects of vasopressin / Jacques Hanoune and John Laycock.