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Vasotocin

Known as: Isoleucyl Vasopressin, 8-Arginine Vasotocin, Vasopressin, Non-Mammalian 
A nonapeptide that contains the ring of OXYTOCIN and the side chain of ARG-VASOPRESSIN with the latter determining the specific recognition of… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (5)

Atosibanhydrin 1hydrin 1'hydrin 2
In BloodProcess of secretionagonistsanalogs & derivatives

Broader (5)

OxytocicsPosterior Pituitary HormonesVasoconstrictor AgentsVasopressin (USP)

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1985
1985
Pineal ultrastructure and indole profiles spanning the summer rise in arginine vasotocin immunoactivity.
A correlative radioimmunological-biochemical-ultrastructural study of the rat pineal gland was undertaken during the summer… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Radioimmunologic detection and measurement of nonapeptides in the pineal gland.
RIAs have been developed for the nonapeptide hormones arginine vasotocin (AVT), arginine vasopressin (AVP), and oxytocin (OT… 
1979
1979
Inhibition of release of luteinizing hormone in the male rat extremely small amounts of arginine vasotocin: further evidence for the involvement of 5-hydroxytryptamine-containing neurons in the…
A single injection of 10-4 pg synthetic arginine vasotocin (AVT) into the third ventricle of urethane anesthetized male rats… 
1977
1977
Chromatographic evidence for vasotocin biosynthesis by cultured pineal ependymal cells from rat fetuses.
Cultured pineal ependymal cells from rat fetuses aged 17 to 19 days post-coitum release into their media a substance that has… 
1973
1973
Arginine vasotocin release into cerebrospinal fluid of cats induced by melatonin.
  • S. Pavel
  • Nature: New biology
  • 1973
  • Corpus ID: 19744353
THE mammalian pineal gland contains the characteristic indole melatonin1 and the specific octapeptide arginine vasotocin (AVT)2–4… 
1973
1973
Evidence of central gonadotropin inhibiting activity of arginine vasotocin in the female mouse.
A single injection of 0.5 µ U synthetic arginine vasotocin (AVT) into the third cerebral ventricle of the mouse on the day of… 
1973
1973
Conformational studies of oxytocin, lysine vasopressin, arginine vasopressin, and arginine vasotocin by carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Oxytocin, arginine vasopressin, lysine vasopressin, arginine vasotocin, as well as their cyclic and acyclic analogs, were studied… 
1973
1973
Changes in blood vasotocin activity during oviposition in the hen.
The vasotocin level in the blood of hens during oviposition was determined on the isolated bladder of the frog, Rana esculenta… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Evidence for the presence of lysine vasotocin in the pig pineal gland.
A peptide with pressor, antidiuretic, rat and hen oxytocic, and frog bladder activities has been identified in an extract of pig… 
1961
1961
The isolation of arginine vasotocin from fish pituitary glands.
A neurohypophyseal hormone was isolated from Hake pituitary powder by means of countercurrent distribution and column…