Endocrinology, Vol 104, 659-663, Copyright © 1979 by Endocrine Society

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Characterization of cholinergic control of vasopressin release by the organ-cultured rat hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system

CD Sladek and RJ Joynt

Acetylcholine and nicotine stimulated vasopressin (VP) release from the organ-cultured rat hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system (HNS). Nicotinic antagonists, hexamethonium, tetraethylammonium chloride, and trimethaphan blocked VP release in response to acetylcholine and nicotine. A muscarinic agonist, methacholine, was ineffective in eliciting VP release from HNS explants at a molar concentration equal to the maximally effective concentration of acetylcholine (10(-5) M). Atropine, a muscarinic antagonist, was an ineffective blocking agent for acetylcholine. These data indicate that the cholinergic receptor in the HNS explant is nicotinic rather than muscarinic in character.

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