Objective: To evaluate plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) level in patients with traumatic brain injury and investigate the role of AVP in the process of brain edema. Methods : A total of 30 patients with traumatic...
Project supported by the National Program of Basic Research (№ 1999054000) sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology and National Ksy (973) Program.
AIM: To study the localization of CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase β isoform (CCTβ) in rat brain, its expression in insect cells and enzymatic properties. METHODS: Using digoxigenin-labeled CCTβ probes, in ...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No 39770288.
AIM: To investigate the effects of angiotensin Ⅱ(Ang Ⅱ) on corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and argi-pressin (AVP) release from median eminence (ME) of hypothalamus during acute hypoxia in rats. METHODS: Simula...
Project supported by the Pandeng Project of National Natural Science Foundation and Chinese Academy of Sciences (95-Y-1801),;National programs of Basic Research (G1999054000) sponsored by the Ministry of Sciences and Technology.
AIM; To study the effect of argipressin (4-8) (AVP4-8) on the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity in astroglial culture and fetal neuronal culture from rat cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Some protein ki...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (№ 39570157);the State Key Program (№ P8514);Shanghai Research Center of Life Science (№ 95 JC 14007).
AIM: To understand the mechanism of neurotrophic action of neuropeptide ZNC(C)PR and its effect on which could affect both growth and apoptosis of C6 cells. METHODS: Effects of ZNC (C) PR-treated C6 conditioned medium...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic effect of Astragali on sodium and water retention in aortocaval fistula-caused experimental congestive heart failure and its involved mechanisms. METHODS: In aortocaval fistul...
The hypothalamic slices (containing paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei) of SD rats sectioned with vibratome were incubated in a microchamber and arginine vasopressin (AVP) released from the slices was measured by r...