Maternal-fetal neurohypophyseal system.
The author reviews our present understanding of neurohypophyseal peptide metabolism and physiology, an understanding that is largely based upon the isolation and accurate measurement of arginine vasopressin, oxytocin, and arginine vasotocin. Discussed are both the major advances in understanding and the areas of inquiry that remain or that have been newly opened.
D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000378:metabolism; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000502:physiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D012756:Sheep
D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D010121:Oxytocin