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neurohypophysis

[¦nu̇r·ō·hī′päf·ə·səs]
(neuroscience)
The neural portion or posterior lobe of the hypophysis.
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Central nervous system effects of the neurohypophyseal hormones and related peptides.
Pathophysiology of the effects of alcohol abuse on the endocrine system
Although recent publications suggest depletion of neurohypophyseal stores by that time (4,9), the decrease in AVP concentrations was also accompanied by a clinically relevant improvement of cardiovascular function (48-120h).
Course of vasopressin and copeptin plasma concentrations in a patient with severe septic shock
Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (FNDI) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited disease, characterized by serious polyuria and polydipsia, caused by deficient neurosecretion of the antidiuretic hormone, arginine vasopressin (AVP).
Identification of two distinct mutations at the same nucleotide position, concomitantly with a novel polymorphism in the vasopressin-neurophysin II gene (AVP-NP II) in two Dutch families with familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus
The oxytocin present in the neurohypophyseal extract of bovine demonstrated no interference with the antidiuretic effect of Vasopressin.
Comparacion del efecto antidiuretico del acetato de desmopresina y el extracto de neurohipofisis bovina en el sapo (Bufo marinus)
Clinical and molecular evidence of abnormal processing and trafficking of the vasopressin preprohormone in a large kindred with familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus due to a signal peptide mutation.
ADH-associated pathologies
2,10] Hypernatremia can indicate neurohypophyseal dysfunction as a result of diabetes insipidus (DI) and should serve as a warning that hypercalcemia may also develop, causing renal calculi that could result in renal tubular disease.
Fluid and electrolyte management in the neurologically-impaired patient
It suggests an infundibular or neurohypophyseal origin of the tumor, but not necessarily reflects neurohypophyseal dysfunction.
Neuroimaging Features of Pituicytomas
Water movement in these osmoregulatory organs is controlled by the neurohypophyseal hormone, arginine vasotocin (AVT; i.
Molecular machinery for vasotocin-dependent transepithelial water movement in amphibians: Aquaporins and Evolution
Penetration of neurohypophyseal hormones from plasma into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): half-times of disappearance of these neuropeptides from CSF.
Anti-depression effects of Danggui-Shaoyao-San, a fixed combination traditional chinese medicine, on depression model in mice and rats
Modulation of social memories in male rats by neurohypophyseal peptides.
G-protein coupled receptors & autism--reflections on a double-edged sword at the example of the oxytocin receptor system

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