Dogs loaded with sodium-retaining and antidiuretic hormones were given a rapid saline infusion intravenously. Increased sodium excretion occurred with lowered filtration rate and renal denervation. Cross circulation between infused and non-infused dogs suggested the presence of a natriuretic hormone with a short half-life. [The SCI® indicates that this paper has been cited over 300 times since ...

An acute confusional state, which developed in a patient with polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), proved to be secondary to inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone and consequent hyponatraemia. This is a very unusual complication of PAN and may well reflect a direct stimulation of the supraoptic nuclei owing to cerebral vasculitis.

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/nef Venlafaxine, a 2-phenyl-2 (1-hydroxycycloalkyl) ethylamine derivate, is an inhibitor of both serotonin and norepinephrine re-uptake and was termed a ‘dual uptake inhibitor’ [1]. We report on a venlafaxine-treated patient who developed Fanconi’s syndrome (FS) and hyponatremia secondary to inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion syndrome (SIA...

In a study of 23 children admitted to hospital with a febrile convulsion, mild hyponatraemia was found on 8 occasions. In 6 of these cases there was evidence of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. The hyponatraemia is unlikely to be the cause of the convulsion, but probably predisposes the child to a subsequent convulsion during the same febrile illness.

Effects of morphine microinjected into the hypothalamic supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular (PVN) nuclei, which contain neurons producing and releasing antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin), on the outflow and the osmotic pressure of urine and other visceral functions were investigated in a rat which was loaded with water and anesthetized with ethanol. The opioid drug, having predominantly mu-ago...