Water intake modifications induced by tachykinins, bombesins and opioid peptides.
Nonmammalian peptides of the tachykinin, bombesin and opioid families, injected into the brain ventricles, potently and specifically affect drinking behaviour of rats and pigeons. These peptides, or at least their counterparts, have been found in the brain of mammals and birds. It has been hypothesized that these endogenous brain peptides belong to a "brain peptidergic system" which participates in the control of water intake and body fluid homeostasis.
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D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001839:Bombesin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010856:Columbidae; D004327:Drinking Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D004600:Eledoisin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004723:Endorphins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D018847:Opioid Peptides; D010803:Physalaemin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D051381:Rats; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology; D015320:Tachykinins; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000097:blood; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000187:drug effects
D004723:Endorphins; D004745:Enkephalins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D018847:Opioid Peptides; D015320:Tachykinins; D014667:Vasopressins; D000804:Angiotensin II; D010803:Physalaemin; C003291:ranatensin; C030058:dermorphin; D013373:Substance P; C010212:litorin; D004600:Eledoisin; D001839:Bombesin; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid