title: Vasopressin and stress-induced antinociception in the mouse.
abstract: 1. Arginine vasopressin produced antinociception in the hot-plate test after intracerebroventricular injection (0.5 micrograms) and in the acetic acid abdominal constriction test after intraperitoneal injection (0.1 mg kg-1). 2. The antinociception produced by arginine vasopressin was sensitive to deamino(CH2)5Tyr(Me) arginine vasopressin (0.5 micrograms i.c.v.; 0.1 mg kg-1 i.p.) but not to naloxone (5 micrograms i.c.v.; 2 mg kg-1 i.p.) 3. Arginine vasopressin when administered by the intracerebroventricular route, but not by the intraperitoneal route, produced characteristic behaviour which was sensitive to deamino(CH2)5Tyr(Me) arginine vasopressin (0.5 micrograms, i.c.v.). 4. A 3 min swim at 20 degrees C produced antinociception on the hot-plate which was sensitive to naloxone (0.4 mg kg-1, i.p.) but not to deamino(CH2)5Tyr(Me) arginine vasopressin (0.5 micrograms, i.c.v.). 5. The reduction in the number of acetic acid-induced abdominal constrictions produced by a 30 s swim at 30 degrees C was not sensitive to either naloxone (2 mg kg-1, i.p.) or deamino(CH2)5Tyr(Me) arginine vasopressin (0.1 mg kg-1, i.p.). 6. Arginine vasopressin, at high doses, is antinociceptive in the mouse but does not appear to mediate stress-induced antinociception in this species.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Division, King's College London.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Oluyomi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D009270:Naloxone