Many studies have focused on the role of arginine vasopressin (AVP) in pair bonding and paternal behaviour in males, and on that of oxytocin (OXT) in maternal behaviour in females. Now ...

Vasopressin is released as needed to keep key organ systems stable and balanced. Its mechanism of action—meaning the way it acts on the body—varies by the organ system. Vasopressin is ...

IT is recognized that the various influences, nervous and osmotic, which bring about release of the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin from the neuroseeretory terminals in the posterior lobe of the ...