Cardiovascular regulation of supraoptic vasopressin neurons.

A number of laboratories have identified several key areas in the central nervous system that relay information from arterial baroreceptors to the supraoptic nucleus. Two of these regions are the diagonal band of Broca and the perinuclear zone of the supraoptic nucleus. Recent findings suggest that the inhibition of vasopressin neurons in the SON by caval-atrial stretch may also involve the perinuclear zone.