The anti-diuretic hormone "vasopressin" is released from the brain, and known to work in the kidney, suppressing the diuresis. Now, researchers have clarified that the novel function of "vasopressin" ...

Vasopressin caught fire as an adjunct vasopressor for sepsis about 20 years ago. The rationale was that septic patients are vasopressin deficient, at least relatively, and they require exogenous ...

Noradrenaline is the currently recommended first-line vasopressor agent for patients with refractory septic shock. Although vasopressin adjunct therapy might be beneficial, new data from the VANISH ...

For more than a century, epinephrine has been the drug of choice for vasopressor therapy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but its use has also been linked to ventricular arrhythmias, ...

Researchers have found that male rhesus monkeys who tend to shun group play, mutual grooming and other social activities have a subtle thing in common with boys who have an autism spectrum disorder.

Rhesus macaques live in large family groups, but a few animals consistently show less social interaction than others. New research at the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis and ...

The substance appears to be involved in a number of social and sensory processes that go awry in people with autism spectrum disorder Ask a physician what the hormone vasopressin is good for, and she ...

The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is a common cause of hyponatremia. We describe two infants whose clinical and laboratory evaluations were consistent with the ...

Previous research has indicated that the anti-diuretic hormone "vasopressin" is released from the brain. It known to work in the kidney, suppressing the diuresis. Here, the Japanese research team led ...