Main description:

Vasopressin, Volume 113 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting updates on timely topics, including Diabetes Insipidus in Pregnancy, Vasopressin Inactivation: Role of Insulin-Regulated Aminopeptidase, Vasotocin and the Origins of the Vasopressin/Oxytocin Receptor Gene Family, Vasopressin V2 Receptor Ligand Recognition, Development and Therapeutic Potential of Vasopressin Synthetic Analog [V4Q5]dDAVP as a Novel Anticancer Agent, Cellular Junctions and Vasopressin, Vasopressin Actions in the Kidney Renin Angiotensin System and its Role in Hypertension and Renal Disease, Oxytocin/Vasopressin-Like Neuropeptide Signaling in Insects, and much more.

Contents:

1. Vasotocin and the origins of the vasopressin/oxytocin receptor gene family Sally A. Mayasich and Benjamin L. Clarke 2. Oxytocin/vasopressin-like neuropeptide signaling in insects Edin Muratspahic, Emilie Monjon, Leopold Durrauer, Stephen M. Rogers, Darron A. Cullen, Jozef Vanden Broeck and Christian W. Gruber 3. Amyloid-like aggregation of provasopressin Martin Spiess, Nicole Beuret, Cristina Prescianotto Baschong and Jonas Rutishauser 4. V2 vasopressin receptor mutations Noriko Makita, Katsunori Manaka and Taroh Iiri 5. Vasopressin inactivation: Role of insulin-regulated aminopeptidase Don T. Li, Estifanos N. Habtemichael and Jonathan S. Bogan 6. Molecular aspects of aquaporins Suchun Li, Chunling Li and Weidong Wang 7. The vasotocinergic system and its role in the regulation of stress in birds Wayne J. Kuenzel, Seong W. Kang and Alexander Jurkevich 8. Vasopressin actions in the kidney renin angiotensin system and its role in hypertension and renal disease Alexis A. Gonzalez, Nicolas Salinas-Parra, Flavia Cifuentes-Araneda and Cristian Reyes-Martinez 9. Vasopressin receptor subtypes and renal sodium transport Yu. V. Natochin and D. V. Golosova 10. Development and therapeutic potential of vasopressin synthetic analog [V4Q5]dDAVP as a novel anticancer agent Garona Juan, Pifano Marina, Ripoll Giselle and Alonso Daniel F.

11. Vasopressin and vasopressin receptors in brain edema Emil Zeynalov, Susan M. Jones and J. Paul Elliott