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. 1989 May;97(1):153–157. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb11936.x

The effects of infusions of arginine vasopressin or 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin on common carotid vascular resistance in conscious, Long Evans rats.

S M Gardiner 1, A M Compton 1, T Bennett 1
PMCID: PMC1854482  PMID: 2720303

Abstract

1. Intravenous infusions of arginine vasopressin or 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) were given to conscious, Long Evans rats chronically instrumented with bilateral, common carotid, pulsed Doppler probes and intravascular catheters. 2. During infusion of vasopressin at 0.3 nmol min-1 there was an increase in common carotid vascular resistance with no change in mean blood pressure or heart rate. Following infusion there was a common carotid vasodilatation. 3. During infusion of vasopressin at 3.0 nmol min-1 there were increases in mean arterial blood pressure and in common carotid vascular resistances, accompanied by bilateral reductions in flow and in heart rate. Administration of (+)-(CH2)5Tyr(Et)DAVP (a V1-receptor antagonist), during the continued infusion of vasopressin, reversed the effects of the latter on mean blood pressure and heart rate; under these conditions there were increases in common carotid blood flows above baseline, in company with bilateral vasodilatations. The latter effects persisted after cessation of vasopressin infusion. 4. Infusions of DDAVP were without significant effects on any measured cardiovascular variable. 5. The results do not provide straightforward support for the claim that vasopressin acts to promote cerebral perfusion, at least when V1-receptor effects are unopposed. Furthermore, it seems likely tha the vasodilator influence of vasopressin on the common carotid vascular bed is not due to stimulation of V2-receptors.

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