PMID- 8919017 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970318 LR - 20190909 IS - 0735-7044 (Print) IS - 0735-7044 (Linking) VI - 110 IP - 5 DP - 1996 Oct TI - Endogenous AVP systems regulate oral behavior in the rat fetus: neuropeptide systems as ontogenetic adaptations. PG - 1148-57 AB - Pharmacological manipulation of V1 receptors in rostral and caudal brain regions alters perioral responsiveness in the E20 rat fetus. Blockade of caudal V1 receptors or activation of rostral V1 receptors reduces fetal responsiveness to perioral cutaneous stimulation. Activation of caudal V1 receptors or blockade of rostral V1 receptors increases fetal responsiveness to perioral stimulation, including oral capture and grasping of an artificial nipple. These results suggest that V1 receptor-containing neurons regulate perioral responsiveness in the E20 rat fetus and that the 2 populations of neurons exhibit functional differences. The caudal part of the arginine8-vasopressin (AVP) system increases whereas the rostral part decreases responsiveness to different types of perioral stimuli. The neuropeptide AVP may affect suckling behavior immediately after birth by regulating perioral sensory responsiveness. FAU - Varlinskaya, E I AU - Varlinskaya EI AD - Pavlovian Physiological Department, Institute for Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Petrov, E S AU - Petrov ES FAU - Smotherman, W P AU - Smotherman WP LA - eng GR - HD 16102/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Behav Neurosci JT - Behavioral neuroscience JID - 8302411 RN - 0 (Receptors, Vasopressin) RN - 113-79-1 (Arginine Vasopressin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arginine Vasopressin/*physiology MH - Brain/embryology MH - Female MH - Fetal Movement/physiology MH - Fetus/*physiology MH - Male MH - Mouth/*innervation MH - Neurons/physiology MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Vasopressin/physiology MH - Sucking Behavior/*physiology EDAT- 1996/10/01 00:00 MHDA- 1996/10/01 00:01 CRDT- 1996/10/01 00:00 PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/10/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1037//0735-7044.110.5.1148 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Neurosci. 1996 Oct;110(5):1148-57. doi: 10.1037//0735-7044.110.5.1148.