POSTERIOR PITUITARY DOPAMINE AND NORADRENALINE CONTENT - EFFECT OF THIRST, ETHANOL AND SALINE LOAD

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 72  (3) , 334-338
Abstract
Dopamine and noradrenaline [norepinephrine] content in the posterior pituitary were lower in alcohol-loaded unanesthetized rats than in rats thirsting for 72 h. Dopamine content was also lower in anesthetized saline loaded rats in comparison with hydropenic animals. In situations in which an increase of vasopressin release is expected, the posterior pituitary content of catecholamines will also be increased, and vice versa, which might imply their role in vasopressin relase.