title: Effects of kassinin, a tachykinin of the skin of the African frog Kassina senegalensis, on body fluid homeostasis in rats.
abstract: In Wistar rats loaded with SC hypertonic NaCl solution kassinin produces an inhibition of cell-dehydration drinking which lasts several hours. The long duration of the effect does not depend on a renal excretion of sodium but, hypothetically, on a redistribution of electrolytes between the extra- and the intra-cellular compartments of body fluids.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, University of Camerino, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perfumi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Caro
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panocka
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polidori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000187:drug effects*; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D004326:Drinking / Q000187:drug effects; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects*; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D015286:Kassinin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015286:Kassinin; D012964:Sodium