"Vasotocin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nonapeptide that contains the ring of OXYTOCIN and the side chain of ARG-VASOPRESSIN with the latter determining the specific recognition of hormone receptors. Vasotocin is the non-mammalian vasopressin-like hormone or antidiuretic hormone regulating water and salt metabolism.
| Descriptor ID |
D014668
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.631.692.881 D12.644.548.691.692.881
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| Concept/Terms |
Vasotocin- Vasotocin
- 3-Isoleucyl Vasopressin
- 3 Isoleucyl Vasopressin
- Vasopressin, 3-Isoleucyl
- Arginine Oxytocin
- Oxytocin, Arginine
- Vasopressin, Non-Mammalian
- Non-Mammalian Vasopressin
- Vasopressin, Non Mammalian
- Argiprestocin
- Argiprestocine
- Vasopressin, Isoleucyl
- Isoleucyl Vasopressin
- (8-Arginine)Oxytocin
- Arginine Vasotocin
- Vasotocin, Arginine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vasotocin" by people in Profiles.
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Miranda RA, Searcy BT, Propper CR. Arginine vasotocin induces calling behavior with a female social stimulus and interacts with gonadotropins to affect sexual behaviors in male Xenopus tropicalis. Physiol Behav. 2015 Nov 01; 151:72-80.
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Mack SO, Wu M, Kc P, Haxhiu MA. Stimulation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus modulates cardiorespiratory responses via oxytocinergic innervation of neurons in pre-Botzinger complex. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2007 Jan; 102(1):189-99.
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L?pez Bernal A, Bryant-Greenwood GD, Hansell DJ, Hicks BR, Greenwood FC, Turnbull AC. Effect of relaxin on prostaglandin E production by human amnion: changes in relation to the onset of labour. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1987 Nov; 94(11):1045-51.