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AVP gene

Known as: NPII, ADH, ARGININE VASOPRESSIN 
This gene is involved in growth factor regulation and vasoconstriction.
National Institutes of Health

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AVP wt AlleleArginine Vasopressin-Neurophysin II PreproproteinArgipressinCentral Diabetes Insipidus

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Requirement of polysialic acid for the migration of the O-2A glial progenitor cell from neurohypophyseal explants
While the capacity of O-2A oligodendrocyte progenitors to migrate in cell culture and during in vivo myelin formation is well… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Crystal structure of a bovine neurophysin II dipeptide complex at 2.8 A determined from the single-wavelength anomalous scattering signal of an incorporated iodine atom.
The crystal structure of a dipeptide complex of bovine neurophysin II has been solved at 2.8 A resolution solely by using single… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Sexual dimorphism in the posterior pituitary response to stress in the rat.
The posterior pituitary response to immobilization was studied in male and female rats. Plasma levels of arginine vasopressin… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Evidence for opiate receptors on pituicytes
A hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal enkephalinergic pathway has been described1 and the pars nervosa of the rat pituitary contains… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Opiate receptors influence vasopressin release from nerve terminals in rat neurohypophysis
A previous report described the existence of substantial amounts of enkephalin immunoreacitivity and the occurrence of nerve… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Simultaneous monoamine histofluorescence and neuropeptide immunocytochemistry: II. Correlative distribution of catecholamine varicosities and magnocellular neurosecretory neurons in the rat…
The comparative morphology of catecholamine (CA) varicosities and neurophysin (NP)‐containing perikarya of the supraoptic (SON… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Characterization of cholinergic control of vasopressin release by the organ-cultured rat hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system.
Acetylcholine and nicotine stimulated vasopressin (VP) release from the organ-cultured rat hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The effect of hemorrhage and hypertonic saline upon plasma oxytocin and arginine vasopressin in conscious dogs.
Sensitive and highly specific RIAs for arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) were utilized to assess the specificity of… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Neurohypophyseal hormones, analogs, and fragments: their effect on puromycin-induced amnesia.
Neurohypophyseal hormones and several of their analogs, as well as N-terminal and C-terminal fragments, have been studied for… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Ultrastructure and function in neurohypophysis of the toad.
An electron microscope study was carried out on hypothalamic portions of the preoptic-neurohypophyseal tract and in the… 
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