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The effects of intracerebroventricular (icv) injections of angiotensin II (ANG II) on water intake, blood pressure, heart rate, and plasma arginine-vasopressin (AVP) concentration were studied in chronically instrumented adult male Syrian golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Furthermore, the effects of pharmacological ganglionic blockade, and of vascular AVP receptor blockade, on central ANG II-induced cardiovascular responses were investigated. ANG II (1, 10, and 100 ng, icv) elicited dose-dependent increases in water intake and arterial blood pressure. Heart rate showed a biphasic response with a short initial non dose-dependent tachycardic and a subsequent longer lasting bradycardic phase. Plasma AVP concentration was increased two and a half fold with 100 ng ANG II icv. Both ganglionic blockade and vascular AVP receptor blockade significantly attenuated the central ANG II-induced pressor response. The tachycardic phase of the heart rate response was abolished by ganglionic blockade and the bradycardic phase was significantly diminished by AVP receptor blockade. The results support the hypothesis that brain ANG II may participate in the central control of body fluid volume and in central cardiovascular regulation in conscious hamsters.
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Rettig, R., Gerstberger, R., Meyer, JU. et al. Central effects of angiotensin II in conscious hamsters: drinking, pressor response, and release of vasopressin. J Comp Physiol B 158, 703–709 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00693008
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