VASOPRESSIN: MECHANISMS OF ACTION, PHYSIOLOGY AND SIDE EFFECTS -- VASOPRESSIN: MECHANISMS OF ACTION, PHYSIOLOGY AND SIDE EFFECTS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: AN UNFAIRLY UNDERVALUED PARTICIPANT OF THE STRESS PROCESSES: THE VASOPRESSIN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BASAL LEVELS -- ACUTE STRESS -- ACTH-INDEPENDENT REGULATION OF THE CORTICOSTERONE SECRETION -- THE EXTRA-ADRENAL ROLE OF ACTH -- CHRONIC STRESS -- PERINATAL PERIOD -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: VASOPRESSIN IN PEDIATRIC SHOCK -- ABSTRACT -- Untitled -- INTRODUCTION -- PHYSIOLOGY OF VASOPRESSIN DURING SHOCK -- THE ROLE OF VASOPRESSIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SHOCK -- VASOPRESSIN PHARMACOLOGY IN SHOCK -- VASOPRESSIN THERAPY IN SHOCK - THE EVIDENCE -- SAFETY OF VASOPRESSIN IN PEDIATRIC SHOCK -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL AND THE CHALLENGES OF MODULATING MYOMETRIAL SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE THROUGH THE VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ROLE OF VASOPRESSIN IN REGULATION OF MYOMETRIAL TONE -- DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS ON MYOMETRIAL CONTRACTILITY -- SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: THE EFFICACY OF VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS IN ACUTE VARICEAL BLEEDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPARISON OF VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS WITH CONTROL -- COMPARISON OF EFFECT BETWEEN VASOACTIVE MEDICATION -- COMPARISON OF EFFECT BETWEEN VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS AND ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY -- COMPARISON OF EFFECT BETWEEN VASOACTIVE MEDICATIONS AND BALLOON TAMPONADE -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: REPRODUCTIVE AND METABOLIC RESPONSES OF DESERT ADAPTED COMMON SPINY MALE MICE (ACOMYS CAHIRINUS) TO VASOPRESSIN TREATMENT -- ABSTRACT.

INTRODUCTION -- PREVIOUS STUDIES -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.