Sentences with phrase «as vasopressin»

Depletion of a normal gut microbiome in early life, especially during the post-weaning period, may affect cognitive and social behaviours in the brain through the alteration of neuropeptides (chemical messengers) such as vasopressin and oxytocin (19,20).

At the same time, your kidneys pump up their production of an enzyme called «renin» and a hormone called «aldosterone», which results in formation of a substance known as vasopressin.

Endowed with the power to control the activity of other genes, GTF2I might regulate signal pathways determining the structure and function of the brain or the production of neurohormones such as vasopressin and oxytoxin.

The answer may lie, at least in part, in the way the brain responds to a hormone known as vasopressin, according to a study in today's issue of Nature.

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A similar trend likely exists in human fathers, to the point some researchers think elevated levels of vasopressin in dads helps explain why they tend to be more tactile and stimulatory with infants as opposed to soothing and comforting (as is more typical with moms).

And, yes, women have vasopressin receptors, too, but for reasons that remain unknown it doesn't seem to influence their behavior as much, Starr says.

If your Vasopressin receptors are too short, you don't receive the amount of Vasopressin needed to maintain a relationship as outside temptations come in.

So does vasopressin, but it also drives less cosy aspects of social behaviour, such as aggression.

Vasopressin is best known for its role as a controller of the kidney; oxytocin helps the breast to expel milk and is involved in labour.

Tony and his clientele admit to taking stronger «smart drugs» than those he's selling tonight, drugs such as piracetam (which supposedly boosts levels of acetylcholine in the brain), hydergine and propanolol (both said to work by increasing blood flow through the brain), L - Dopa (a chemical precursor of the neurotransmitter dopamine), phenytoin, vasopressin, deprenyl, the list seems almost endless.

Norepinephrine is currently recommended as the first - line vasopressor (an agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure) in septic shock; however, early vasopressin use has been proposed as an alternative.

In particular, they examined different forms of the promoter region of the vasopressin V1a receptor gene (AVPRIA), known as DupA and DupB.

It also has a homolog in humans, known as arginine vasopressin.

Arginine vasopressin (AVP), also known as argipressin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH), is a human hormone that is mainly released when the body is low on water; it causes the kidneys to conserve water by concentrating the urine.

In their experiments, Andermann and Lowell watched as the activity of vasopressin - releasing neuron rapidly decreased — within seconds — when water was presented to water - restricted rodents, before they even drank it.

A few studies have suggested that CA2 might be involved in social memory, as this region has a high level of expression of a receptor for vasopressin, a hormone linked to sexual motivation, bonding, and other social behaviors.

His research has revealed that brain chemicals such as oxytocin and vasopressin regulate the neural processing of social information and promote the formation of social bonds by acting in specific neural pathways.

As a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Cori Bargmann's lab at the Rockefeller University, she showed that the nematode C. elegans produces a neuropeptide that is an evolutionary precursor of the mammalian peptides vasopressin and oxytocin, and mapped a neural circuit by which this molecule, nematocin, modulates mating behavior.

We are also characterizing the neural circuits through which vasotocin, the ancestral homologue of vasopressin, promotes context - dependent social withdrawal in male goldfish, as well as the receptor mechanisms that underlie its ability to have different behavioral effects in different social contexts.

These studies have indicated that, as in other vertebrates, vasopressin's social effects in humans are sex - specific and differ as a function of social context.

We can measure it in brain chemicals such as serotonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, and dopamine.

Among these systems, hypothalamo - neurohypophyseal magnocellular neurons have been early - considered models, as they typically display an electrical activity consisting of bursts of action potentials that is optimal for the release of boluses of the neurohormones oxytocin and vasopressin.

I conclude as a layman that this is an effect in normalising vasopressin secretion.

However, in love, as attachment and bonding take place a cocktail of chemicals are released which include the calming effects of serotonin, and the bonding hormones oxytocin and vasopressin.

Neuroscientists, such as Andreas Bartels of University College London, have determined that the brain - produced hormones oxytocin and vasopressin are real - life Love Potion No. 9s, leading to bonds between certain individuals.

Interestingly enough, men don't just secrete oxytocin after an orgasm; they secrete vasopressin as well.