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Abstract
Antidiuretic hormones released by the NEUROHYPOPHYSIS of all vertebrates (structure varies with species) to regulate water balance and OSMOLARITY. In general, vasopressin is a nonapeptide consisting of a six-amino-acid ring with a cysteine 1 to cysteine 6 disulfide bridge or an octapeptide containing a CYSTINE. All mammals have arginine vasopressin except the pig with a lysine at position 8. Vasopressin, a vasoconstrictor, acts on the KIDNEY COLLECTING DUCTS to increase water reabsorption, increase blood volume and blood pressure.
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8 entry terms
- Antidiuretic Hormone
- Antidiuretic Hormones
- beta-Hypophamine
- Hormone, Antidiuretic
- beta Hypophamine
- Pitressin
- Vasopressin
- Vasopressin (USP)
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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79; was VASOPRESSIN 1963-78
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- National Library of Medicine. Vasopressins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014667. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014667
- Vasopressins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66571917