Table 1.

Plasma vasopressin and norepinephrine after 18 hr-osmotic pump infusion

Experimental Groups	Plasma AVP (pg/mL)	Plasma NE (nmol/L)
Saline	4.33 ± 0.6	240 ± 2
NE	12.4 ± 4.3a	3466 ± 45b
AVP	269 ± 34c	494 ± 33a
LPS Saline	5.5 ± 1.3	839 ± 24a
LPS NE	15.7 ± 6.9a	4835 ± 128b
LPS AVP	213.7 ± 61c	262 ± 5

AVP, arginine vasopressin; NE, norepinephrine; LPS, lipopolysaccharide.

The values are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 8).

^ap < 0.05

^bp < 0.001 vs. saline (control)

^cp < 0.01