title: [Neurophysins].
abstract: Neurophysins are neuropeptides (MW +/- 10,000) synthetized together with active nonapeptides vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT). The original description of the radioimmunoassay for neurophysins in 1969 allowed us to demonstrate the concomitant, equimolecular, release of them together with AVP and OT, thus bringing strong arguments in favour of neurohypophyseal exocytosis. Beside the use of those RIAs as direct indexes of neurohypophyseal release in various physiological and pathological conditions, we have been interested these last two years, to the putative use of neurophysins RIA as direct neuroendocrine markers in various neuropsychiatric diseases (depression, mania, schizophrenia) and paraneoplastic syndromes (SIADH).
authors.affiliation: Unité de Neuro-endocrinologie du service d'Endocrinologie, C.H.U. de l'Université de Liège au Sart-Tilman.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Legros
mesh_terms: D005089:Exocytosis; D006801:Humans; D009481:Neurophysins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009481:Neurophysins; D014667:Vasopressins; D010121:Oxytocin
vernacular_title: Les neurophysines.