title: Excitotoxic lesions of the ventral anteroventral third ventricle and pressor responses to central sodium, ouabain and angiotensin II.
abstract: To clarify the role of neurones in the anteroventral third ventricle (AV3V) area in cardiovascular responses to CSF sodium, ouabain and angiotensin II (ANG II), we employed excitotoxic lesions of the ventral AV3V (vAV3V). In conscious lesioned Wistar rats with systemic vasopressin blockade, pressor and tachycardiac responses to intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) artificial CSF containing 0.3 M NaCl or ouabain were significantly attenuated by 26-32% whereas responses to ANG II were not affected. Thus, in rats with systemic blockade of vasopressin mechanisms, the vAV3V region partially mediates acute pressor responses to i.c.v. sodium and ouabain but not to ANG II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Veerasingham
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Leenen
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D010042:Ouabain / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012964:Sodium / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D000804:Angiotensin II; D010042:Ouabain; D012964:Sodium