title: [Influence of the pars intercerebralis and of median sub-ocellar neurosecretory cells on the concentration of vasopressin-like substance in the ventral nerve cord and haemolymph of Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera). Radioimmunoassay and immunohistology (author's transl)].
abstract: 1 degree In the migratory locust, electrocoagulation of the neurosecretory cells of the pars intercerebralis increases the rate of water elimination, while electrocoagulation of the median sub-ocellar neurosecretory cells elicits a marked water retention. 2 degrees In the first type of experiment, high concentrations of molecules antigenically close to vasopressin can be measured by RIA in the haemolymph; such molecules are practically undetectable in the blood when median sub-ocellar neurosecretory cells are suppressed. 3 degrees Our data lead us to assume that the vasopressin-like molecules detected in the migratory locust promote water elimination.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009420:Nervous System / Q000032:analysis; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins
vernacular_title: Influence de la pars intercerebralis et des cellules neurosécrétrices sous-ocellaires médianes sur la teneur en substance apparentée à la vasopressine dans la chaîne nerveuse ventrale et l'hĕmolymphe du criquet migrateur. Etude radio-immunologique et immunohistologique.