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Vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or arginine vasopressin (AVP) is a nonapeptide synthesized in the hypothalamus. Science has known it to play essential roles in the control of the body’s osmotic balance, blood pressure regulation, sodium homeostasis, and kidney functioning.
Vasopressin is a nonapeptide antidiuretic hormone involved in modulating various physiological processes, including autonomic signalling, stress response, behaviour, and memory; the most well-known modulation is of blood pressure. 1,2,3,4,10 Vasopressin acts both within the brain and in the periphery to modulate blood pressure through ...
Our aim is to review the mechanisms of action of common inotropes and vasopressors and to examine the contemporary evidence for their use in important cardiac conditions.
AVP has two principal sites of action, the kidney and blood vessels: The primary function of AVP in the body is to regulate extracellular fluid volume by regulating renal handling of water, although it is also a vasoconstrictor and pressor agent (hence, the name "vasopressin").
MECHANISM OF ACTION. Vasopressin on multiple receptors (GPCRs; g protein coupled receptors) (Holmes et al, 2003) V1. vascular smooth muscle of the systemic, splanchnic, renal, and coronary circulations -> potent vasoconstriction. vasoconstriction of renal efferent arterioles -> increased GFR. V2. renal collecting ducts -> anti-diuresis.
Mechanism of Action. Vasopressors act to increase CO and SVR through increasing contractility and HR as well inducing vasoconstriction peripherally. The main groupings of these drugs are as follows: Catecholamines. The most common catecholamine-active medications are phenylephrine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine.
Vasopressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or arginine vasopressin (AVP) is a nonapeptide synthesized in the hypothalamus. Science has known it to play essential roles in the control of the body’s osmotic balance, blood pressure regulation, sodium homeostasis, and kidney functioning.
Mammalian vasopressin functions systemically as an antidiuretic and regulator of blood and cardiac flow essential for adapting to terrestrial environments. Moreover, vasopressin acts centrally as a neurohormone involved in social and parental behavior and stress response.
Vasopressin (AVP) plays a major role in the regulation of water and sodium homeostasis by its antidiuretic action on the kidney, mediated by V2 receptors. AVP secretion is stimulated by a rise in plasma osmolality, a decline in blood volume or stress.
After a brief overview on VP, OT and their peripheral action on the cardiovascular system, this review focuses on newly discovered hypothalamic mechanisms involved in neurogenic control of the circulation in stress and disease. Keywords: Vasopressin, oxytocin, blood pressure, heart rate, short-term variability, stress, hypertension, heart ...