TY - JOUR
T1 - Vasopressin in thermoregulation--competitive demands
T2 - experimental evidence and theoretical considerations.
AU - Horowitz, M.
AU - Epstein, Y.
AU - Shapiro, Y.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Previous studies have substantiated the antipyretic role played by extrahypothalamic limbic system (EXHY-LS) AVP during fever. Repeated attempts to elucidate other thermoregulatory functions of this hormone have failed. Circumstantial evidence, however, suggest central role for this hormone in thermoregulation under hypohydration. Hypohydration, hyperosmolarity and hypovolaemia induced upward shifts in temperature thresholds for activation of heat dissipating mechanisms. When hypovolaemia is superimposed on hyperosmolarity these shifts are additive. Analogously, these two stressors when combined, decrease the osmotic threshold for AVP release. In rats, the elevated temperature thresholds for evaporative cooling and peripheral vasodilation occurring with hypohydration are positively correlated with lower Hypothalamic/EXHY-LS AVP ratio. Reciprocal relations between limbic system and blood AVP contents suggest competitive interaction between central and peripheral demands. Hypothesis for the possible mode of action of central AVP in thermoregulation under hypohydration is discussed.
AB - Previous studies have substantiated the antipyretic role played by extrahypothalamic limbic system (EXHY-LS) AVP during fever. Repeated attempts to elucidate other thermoregulatory functions of this hormone have failed. Circumstantial evidence, however, suggest central role for this hormone in thermoregulation under hypohydration. Hypohydration, hyperosmolarity and hypovolaemia induced upward shifts in temperature thresholds for activation of heat dissipating mechanisms. When hypovolaemia is superimposed on hyperosmolarity these shifts are additive. Analogously, these two stressors when combined, decrease the osmotic threshold for AVP release. In rats, the elevated temperature thresholds for evaporative cooling and peripheral vasodilation occurring with hypohydration are positively correlated with lower Hypothalamic/EXHY-LS AVP ratio. Reciprocal relations between limbic system and blood AVP contents suggest competitive interaction between central and peripheral demands. Hypothesis for the possible mode of action of central AVP in thermoregulation under hypohydration is discussed.
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C2 - 1610776
AN - SCOPUS:0026461406
SN - 0862-8408
VL - 41
SP - 41
EP - 48
JO - Physiological Research
JF - Physiological Research
IS - 1
ER -