...Leslie A. Dunham; Walter Wilczynski Arginine vasotocin (AVT) is a potent regulator of social behavior in many species, but little is known about its role in reptilian behavior. Here we examine the effect of exogenous AVT on aggressive responding and courtship behavior in the green anole lizard...

... interact and, as previously suggested, probably represent agonistic displays. Females typically produced only type-II chirps. We also investigated the effects of arginine vasotocin on chirping. This peptide is known to modulate communication and other types of behavior in many species, and we found...

...Itamar Giladi; David L. Goldstein; Berry Pinshow; Rüdiger Gerstberger ABSTRACT We examined urinary water loss and plasma levels of arginine vasotocin (AVT) in free-flying, tippler pigeons trained to fly continuously for up to 5 h. First, we used [ 3 H]polyethyleneglycol ([ 3 H]PEG) as a glomerular...

...Daniel J. Conklin; Angelica Chavas; Douglas W. Duff; Leroy Weaver, JR; Yutong Zhang; Kenneth R. Olson ABSTRACT The physiological functions of the neurohypophyseal hormone arginine vasotocin (AVT) in teleosts are not clear. In the present studies, the sites and mechanisms of action of AVT...

...Daniel P. Toews; Maryse Mallet; Laura Maclatchy ABSTRACT Chronically catheterized specimens of the toad Bufo marinus (L.) were given single bolus injections, periodic bolus injections, and continuous infusions (via peristaltic pump) of the neuropeptide arginine vasotocin (AVT). Urine flow...

...J. Goldberg; W. Colmers; J. Edstrom; K. Lukowiak ABSTRACT The vertebrate neurohypophysial peptide arginine vasotocin (AVT), which may be endogenous to the Aplysia central nervous system, was tested for its effect on sensory to motor neurone synaptic transmission. In the semi-intact preparation...

... vascular and osmoregulatory responses to controlling factors could be important in our understanding of the evolution of the control of osmoregulation. © 1983 by Company of Biologists 1983 Epithelial transport osmoregulation arginine vasotocin Several papers have been presented...