RELEASE OF VASOPRESSIN BY ENKEPHALIN
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- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 62 (3) , 370-371
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1978.tb08472.x
Abstract
Leu-enkephalin, its stable analogue [D-Ala2-D-Leu5]-enkephalin and the C-fragment of lipotropin (β endorphin) injected intravenously in the rat produced anti-diuretic responses which were inhibited reversibly by naloxone. It was shown for Leu-enkephalin that injection into the cerebral ventricles was at least ten times more effective than intravenous injection and for [D-Ala2-D-Leu5]-enkephalin that the antidiuretic response was associated with increased excretion of vasopressin in the urine.Keywords
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