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ReviewJournal of neuroendocrinology2020

Somato-dendritic vasopressin and oxytocin secretion in endocrine and autonomic regulation.

Colin H Brown, Mike Ludwig, Jeffrey G Tasker, Javier E Stern

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Review in Journal of neuroendocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Colin H BrownDepartment of Physiology, Brain Health Research Centre, Centre for Neuroendocrinology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-2305-846X
Mike LudwigCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9983-4950
Jeffrey G TaskerDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1977-4199
Javier E SternNeuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Brain Research New Zealand · NZGeorgia State University · USTulane University · USUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

Altered CNS Intercellular Signaling Mechanisms in Cardiovascular DiseaseR01HL090948 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI STERN, JAVIER E · 2008 to 2017
$3.0M
Stress Plasticity of CRH NeuronsR01MH119283 · NIMH · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI TASKER, JEFFREY G · 2019 to 2025
$2.7M
DENDRITIC RELEASE OF NEUROPEPTIDES: ROLE IN BODILY HOMEOSTASISR01NS094640 · NINDS · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI STERN, JAVIER E · 2016 to 2020
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL090948NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119283NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somato-dendritic secretion was first demonstrated over 30 years ago. However, although its existence has become widely accepted, the function of somato-dendritic secretion is still not completely understood. Hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory cells were among the first neuronal phenotypes in which somato-dendritic secretion was demonstrated and are among the neurones for which the functions of somato-dendritic secretion are best characterised. These neurones secrete the neuropeptides, vasopressin and oxytocin, in an orthograde manner from their axons in the posterior pituitary gland into the blood circulation to regulate body fluid balance and reproductive physiology. Retrograde somato-dendritic secretion of vasopressin and oxytocin modulates the activity of the neurones from which they are secreted, as well as the activity of neighbouring populations of neurones, to provide intra- and inter-population signals that coordinate the endocrine and autonomic responses for the control of peripheral physiology. Somato-dendritic vasopressin and oxytocin have also been proposed to act as hormone-like signals in the brain. There is some evidence that somato-dendritic secretion from magnocellular neurosecretory cells modulates the activity of neurones beyond their local environment where there are no vasopressin- or oxytocin-containing axons but, to date, there is no conclusive evidence for, or against, hormone-like signalling throughout the brain, although it is difficult to imagine that the levels of vasopressin found throughout the brain could be underpinned by release from relatively sparse axon terminal fields. The generation of data to resolve this issue remains a priority for the field.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutonomic PathwaysBrainCell CommunicationDendritesHumansNeuroendocrine CellsNeuronsOxytocinSecretory PathwayVasopressinsOxytocinVasopressinsoxytocinparaventricular nucleussomato-dendritic secretionsupraoptic nucleusvasopressin

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PMID32406599
PMCPMC9134751
OpenAlexW3016599729

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