Central Release of Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Neurophysin by Magnocellular Neurone Depolarization: Evidence in Slices of Guinea Pig and Rat Hypothalamus

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Using slices of rat hypothalamus maintained in vitro, we have examined release of oxytocin and vasopressin under conditions of increased neuronal activity. We report here that when the supraoptic or paraventricular nucleus is depolarized with high K<sup>+</sup> solutions, hormone is released into areas close to the nucleus. Similar experiments with guinea pig hypothalamus suggest that neurophysin may also be co-released with oxytocin and vasopressin. Use of acetylcholine to selectively stimulate vasopressin neurones appears to evoke a rise in local release of vasopressin but not oxytocin. These results suggest that under conditions of increased neuronal activity, hormones normally secreted from the neurohypophysis are secreted locally into the hypothalamus.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Neuroendocrinology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0028-3835

Title: Neuroendocrinology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0028-3835

ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0194

Publication date Subscription-year: 1986

Publication date (Print): 1986

Publication date (Electronic): 01 April 2008

Volume: 42

Issue: 4

Pages: 311-322

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^aAFRC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge, and ^bNational Institute for Medical Research, Division of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology Mill Hill, London, UK

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Publisher ID: 124457 Other ID: Neuroendocrinology 1986;42:311–322

DOI: 10.1159/000124457

PubMed ID: 3960274

SO-VID: 6ddbfbae-07fd-4089-ac8c-1f39c8da85c2

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Date received : 11 September 1984

Date accepted : 01 May 1985

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Pages: 12

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