Abstract
1. The effect of furosemide on the pressor response induced by intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of clonidine was investigated in freely moving, normotensive rats with chronically implanted arterial catheters. 2. When injected i.c.v., clonidine at doses of 5 and 10 micrograms produced a dose-dependent pressor response and a decrease in heart rate. No depressor response was induced by clonidine. 3. Systemic (i.v.) pretreatment with furosemide (2-10 mg kg-1) increased urine volume and dose-dependently inhibited the pressor response to i.c.v. clonidine (10 micrograms), and a long-lasting depressor response to clonidine was observed. However, furosemide treatment did not alter the bradycardia produced in response to clonidine. 4. The systemic treatment with furosemide (10 mg kg-1, i.v.) had no effect on the pressor response to i.v. noradrenaline. 5. These results suggest that reduction of body fluid volume inhibits the centrally-mediated pressor response to clonidine and leads to the hypotensive effect. We also suggest that combined treatment with a diuretic increases the hypotensive efficacy of clonidine.
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