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There is ample evidence that peptide-peptide interactions and similar mechanisms between peptidergic and other hormonal systems exist in regulation of behaviour. Therefore, rats were pretreated with oxytocin or tri-iodothyronine, and vasopressin-enhanced retrieval of a passive avoidance response was measured. When oxytocin and vasopressin or tri-iodothyronine and vasopressin were applied successively, the effect of vasopressin was not observed. In rats made hypothyroid by thiouracil, vasopressin caused reduced retrieval. The present findings support the hypothesis that vasopressin needs regulated levels of different hormones to develop its effects on behaviour.
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Schwarzberg, H., Onnasch, J., Pross, M. (1996). Endocrine influence on vasopressin-enhanced retrieval of a passive avoidance response. In: Krisch, B., Mentlein, R. (eds) The Peptidergic Neuron. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9010-6_31
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