[Neurophysins, vasopressin and cognitive function in aging].
Neurophysins, vasopressin and oxytocin are not restricted to the hypothalamo-neuropituitary system but are also found in different brain area in relation with cognitive and emotional function and with cardiovascular regulation. During early aging it seems to exist a decrease of the hypothalamic and brain content of vasopressin. It appears that in some patients, presumably suffering from a deficit of central vasopressinergic function, exogenous vasopressin could improve arousal and/or memory. The exact place of this peptide in the treatment of the early aging cognitive deficit remains however to be defined.
D000375:Aging; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D009481:Neurophysins / Q000502:physiology*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000502:physiology; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000502:physiology*
D009481:Neurophysins; D014667:Vasopressins; D010121:Oxytocin
Neurophysines, vasopressine et fonctions cognitives au cours du vieillissement.