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Differential effects of central and peripheral cholinergic blockade on water consumption by rats
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
Abstract:
Atropine (5 mg/kg, s.c., twice daily) had no significant effect on 24-h water consumption on day 1 of treatment; on subsequent days the rats showed a significant increase. Procyclidine (5 mg/kg, s.c., twice daily) had a similar effect, except that the increase in daily water consumption began on the third day of treatment. Methylatropine (5 mg/kg, s.c., twice daily) markedly depressed water consumption on day 1; from the second day on no significant effects on 24-h water consumption were seen. The results suggest that the dipsogenic actions of cholinergic blocking agents on 24-h water consumption involve central rather than purely peripheral actions.