Abstract
Summary
Low doses of arginine vasopressin cause natriuresis in conscious dogs only if administered during water diuresis. If vasopressin is infused there is an initial natriuresis which rapidly subsides, although antidiuresis persists for the duration of the infusion. Oxytocin, in low doses, produces natriuresis only at low urine flows produced by withholding water or by infusing vasopressin. Antidiuresis appears to be a prerequisite for the natriuretic response to oxytocin.
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