title: Effects of vasopressin on noradrenaline-induced cyclic AMP accumulation in rat brain slices.
abstract: Addition of arginine vasopressin (AVP) or 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) to rat cortical slices resulted in significant inhibition of the rise in cyclic AMP produced by incubation with 50 microM noradrenaline. A single injection of DDAVP (20 micrograms/rat) produced a reduced response to noradrenaline in derived cortex and caudate slices. In animals pretreated at day 5 of life with IP desipramine and intracisternal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), both acute and chronic treatments with DDAVP resulted in a reduction in response in derived cortical, caudate and hippocampal slices. The 6-OHDA pretreated animals also showed reduced open-field behavioural activity after both acute and chronic DDAVP, while animals which were not pretreated responded to acute treatment only. The relationship between the effects of vasopressin on noradrenaline-induced cyclic AMP accumulation and its action on learning and memory is discussed.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamburger-Bar
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008236:Lypressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016627:Oxidopamine; D051381:Rats; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D014667:Vasopressins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D008236:Lypressin; D016627:Oxidopamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin; D009638:Norepinephrine