Term Gallery logo

Meanings of Pitressin in English

Portuguese
vasopressina
Catalan
vasopressina
Spanish
hormona antidiurética

Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.

See more
        vasopressina
        Synonyms
        Examples for "vasopressin"
        Examples for "vasopressin"
        1
        The findings provide information necessary for modeling the transcriptional response to vasopressin.
        Pubmed
        2
        Arginine vasopressin is considered to play an important role in severe hemorrhage.
        Pubmed
        3
        Medical therapies such as vasopressin and somatostatin can also be useful adjuncts.
        Pubmed
        4
        During treatment oestradiol appeared to enhance and testosterone to suppress vasopressin release.
        Pubmed
        5
        Copeptin is a sensitive and more stable surrogate marker for arginine vasopressin.
        Pubmed
        1
        Patients who lack this antidiuretic hormone suffer from central diabetes insipidus.
        Pubmed
        2
        A single E2078 administration reduced plasma antidiuretic hormone dose-dependently.
        Pubmed
        3
        The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone seems to us to be a frequent complication of severe craniocerebral trauma.
        Pubmed
        4
        Surgical intervention, in the case of acute craniocerebral trauma, does not result in a higher frequency of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone.
        Pubmed
        5
        The hyponatremia caused by syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) was treated with normal saline and water restriction.
        Pubmed
        1
        Conclusion: We conclude that rare ADH variants are specific for alcohol dependence.
        Pubmed
        2
        Twenty-four hours after LDN, mean ADH levels had returned to normal values.
        Pubmed
        3
        The incidence of ADH seems to be lower than in Western countries.
        Pubmed
        4
        These localization patterns were basically the same in water-loaded and ADH-treated animals.
        Pubmed
        5
        Only one case of ADH could be detected by imprint cytology.
        Pubmed
        Translations for Pitressin
        Portuguese
        vasopressina