Although it is not known how oxytocin and vasopressin modulate brain function, numerous studies in animals and humans suggest that alterations in these circuits may underlie mental disorders ...

Lower doses of initial vasopressin were associated with lower mortality when used as an adjunct in patients with septic shock, according to a review of three recent studies. "Patients with septic ...

Vasopressin caught fire as an adjunct vasopressor for sepsis about 20 years ago. The rationale was that septic patients are vasopressin deficient, at least relatively, and they require exogenous ...

A team of researchers has identified for the first time the mechanism linking a mutation in the Shank3 gene with alterations in social behavior. Using a mouse model carrying this autism-associated ...

Patients with sepsis are at high risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and death, but the current approaches to preventing or decreasing AKI-associated mortality in this patient population are of limited ...

It feels like deja vu to be writing about neuropeptides like vasopressin again, since I just discussed them in a June 2018 post. But two new clinical trials using vasopressin in ASD were just ...

LAKE ZURICH, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fresenius Kabi announced today the availability in the United States of Vasopressin Injection, USP, a generic equivalent to Vasostrict ®. Fresenius Kabi Vasopressin ...

Hormone-based treatment might improve social function in people with autism, a pair of new clinical trials suggests. Both focused on vasopressin, a hormone that has been implicated in the brain's ...

Cranial diabetes insipidus is a rare condition that results in persistent thirst and frequent urination. It occurs due to problems with arginine vasopressin (AVP), a hormone that plays a role in ...

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRX) (“Eagle” or the “Company”) today announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware held that ...