Thermoregulatory actions of centrally-administered vasopressin in the rat.

Abstract

Dependent upon the route and/or site of administration, arginine vasopressin (AVP) evoked a number of thermoregulatory actions in the conscious rat. Infused into a lateral cerebral ventricle, arginine vasopressin produced short-lasting hypothermia of rapid onset. Injected into the preoptic area, arginine vasopressin caused long-lasting hyperthermia of rapid onset that was antagonized by the prior administration of a V1 receptor antagonist, [d(CH2)5 Tyr(Me)AVP]. Injections of arginine vasopressin into the nucleus accumbens, ventral septal area, substantia innominata and the dorsomedial hypothalamus were without effect on body temperature. Although the antipyretic action of arginine vasopressin within the ventral septal area has been well documented, these findings provide further evidence that this peptide exerts additional thermoregulatory actions that are both neuroanatomically and functionally specific.

• Authors: A M Naylor, W D Ruwe, W L Veale
• Journal: Neuropharmacology (Neuropharmacology) Vol. 25 Issue 7 Pg. 787-94 (Jul 1986) ISSN: 0028-3908 [Print] England
• PMID: 3748327 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Arginine Vasopressin

Topics

• Animals
• Arginine Vasopressin (pharmacology)
• Body Temperature Regulation (drug effects)
• Brain (drug effects)
• Hypothalamus, Anterior (drug effects)
• Hypothalamus, Middle (drug effects)
• Injections, Intraventricular
• Male
• Nucleus Accumbens (drug effects)
• Preoptic Area (drug effects)
• Rats
• Septum Pellucidum (drug effects)
• Substantia Innominata (drug effects)