Effects of central imidazolinergic and alpha2-adrenergic activation on water intake
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2001-09-01
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Sugawara, A. M. [UNESP]
Miguel, T. T. [UNESP]
Pereira, D. T. B. [UNESP]
Menani, José Vanderlei [UNESP]
Luca Junior, Laurival Antonio de [UNESP]
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABRADIC)
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Non-adrenergic ligands that bind to imidazoline receptors (I-R), a selective ligand that binds to alpha2-adrenoceptors (alpha2-AR) and mixed ligands that bind to both receptors were tested for their action on water intake behavior of 24-h water-deprived rats. All drugs were injected into the third cerebral ventricle. Except for agmatine (80 nmol), mixed ligands binding to I-R/alpha2-AR such as guanabenz (40 nmol) and UK 14304 (20 nmol) inhibited water intake by 65% and up to 95%, respectively. The selective non-imidazoline alpha2-AR agonist, alpha-methylnoradrenaline, produced inhibition of water intake similar to that obtained with guanabenz, but at higher doses (80 nmol). The non-adrenergic I-R ligands histamine (160 nmol, mixed histaminergic and imidazoline ligand) and imidazole-4-acetic acid (80 nmol, imidazoline ligand) did not alter water intake. The results show that selective, non-imidazoline alpha2-AR activation suppresses water intake, and suggest that the action on imidazoline sites by non-adrenergic ligands is not sufficient to inhibit water intake.
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imidazolines, agmatine, UK 14304, guanabenz, alpha-methylnoradrenaline, thirst, dehydration
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, v. 34, n. 9, p. 1185-1190, 2001.