If blood pressure suddenly drops, vasopressin released by the pituitary gland will attach to receptors on the outside of blood vessels (called V1a receptors), causing vasoconstriction. By ...

Tolvaptan is a vasopressin receptor antagonist. Vasopressin (a.k.a. ADH or antidiuretic hormone) helps to regulate water retention by absorbing water in the collecting ducts of the nephron.

HMNC Brain Health (HMNC) has completed the subject randomisation in its placebo-controlled Phase IIb OLIVE trial of a vasopressin V1b receptor antagonist, BH-200, for major depressive disorder ...

Many studies have focused on the role of arginine vasopressin (AVP ... (i.c.v.) injections of antagonists to the AVP-V1a receptor (AVPR) or of antagonists to the OXT receptor (OXTR) reduced ...

Aims Arginine vasopressin (AVP) V 2 receptor antagonism is a new approach to the management of hyponatraemia in congestive heart failure (CHF). The aim of this study was to investigate the ...

Arginine vasopressin (AVP), also known as antidiuretic ... is anatomically diffuse and involves many sensors. High-pressure receptors (baroreceptors) are located in the aorta and carotid sinus ...

Neuropsychopharmacology. 39:291-302. 4. Donaldson ZR, Young LJ (2013): The relative contribution of proximal 5' flanking sequence and microsatellite variation on brain vasopressin 1a receptor (Avpr1a) ...