title: Development pharmacokinetics of the posterior pituitary hormones.
abstract: Arginine vasotocin, arginine vasopressin, and oxytocin play a critical role in the stimulation of labor and delivery and in salt and water homeostasis in the newborn infant. The authors present information on their chemistry, secretion, and metabolism, and discuss the clinical effects upon target organs of their presence or absence.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000032:analysis; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000196:embryology; D010909:Pituitary Hormones, Posterior / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000502:physiology; D014668:Vasotocin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010909:Pituitary Hormones, Posterior; D014667:Vasopressins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D010121:Oxytocin; D014668:Vasotocin