Roles of Vasopressin and Oxytocin in Memory Processing, Volume 50 (Advances in Pharmacology)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780120329519
Subjects: Pharmacology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Neuroscience; Medical / Pharmacology; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Life Sciences - Biochemistry
First sentence: Vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) are nonapeptides (single linear chains of nine amino acids), derived from large precursor proteins (propeptides), which in turn are derived from even larger molecules known as "prepropeptides."