Effects of blood sampling, anesthesia and surgery on plasma vasopressin concentration in rats. |
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Authors: | B Corman G Geelen |
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Affiliation: | Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CEN Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. |
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Abstract: | The influence of blood sampling, anesthesia and surgery on plasma vasopressin concentration was assessed in rats. Mean plasma concentration in conscious, chronically catheterized rats was 1.4 +/- 0.1 pg/ml (n = 6). This value remained constant over repeated plasma samplings in the same animals. On the other hand, decapitation increased the plasma vasopressin concentration to 6.0 +/- 2.4 (in pg/ml) (n = 6), inactin anesthesia to 2.9 +/- 0.6 (n = 6), anesthesia and femoral cannulation to 13.3 +/- 5.8 (n = 6) and surgery for renal micropuncture to 81.3 +/- 35.0 (n = 6). It is concluded that the level of circulating plasma vasopressin is highly dependent on the sampling technique and is closely related to the extent of surgery. |
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