Some particularities of sodium nitroprusside stimulatory effects on food intake

• Published in: Life sciences (1973) Vol. 69; no. 6; pp. 659 - 668
• Main Authors: Racotta, Radu, Soto-Mora, Luz Marı́a, Piñón, Manuel, Quevedo, Lucı́a
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 29.06.2001
• Subjects: Animals; Eating - drug effects; Food Deprivation; Food intake; Injections, Intramuscular; Male; Nitroprusside; Nitroprusside - administration & dosage; Nitroprusside - pharmacology; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Route of administration; Time Factors; Water Deprivation; Nitroprusside; Rats; Route of administration; Food intake

It was previously shown that sodium nitroprusside (NP) stimulates food (FI) and water (WI) intakes when injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) in male rats deprived for 1-h of both food and water during day time. The present work shows that: 1) intramuscular NP increased only water intake; 2) when NP was...