PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Baron, S P
AU  - Woods, J H
TI  - Dipsogenic effects of excitatory amino acid agonists in pigeons.
DP  - 1993 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 918--921
VI  - 264
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/264/2/918.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/264/2/918.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1993 Feb 01; 264
AB  - Three excitatory amino acid agonists [N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), kainate and alpha-amino-2,3-dihyro-5-methyl-3-oxo-4-isoxalzolepropanoic acid], each selective for separate glutamate binding sites, were evaluated for dipsogenic responses in pigeons. NMDA and kainate produced a reliable and rapid drinking response (up to 30% of body weight over 3 hr). alpha-amino-2,3-dihyro-5-methyl-3-oxo-4-isoxalzolepropanoic acid, up to doses which produced profound effects on motor behavior (18.0 mg/kg i.m.), did not produce a reliable drinking response. The dipsogenic effects of NMDA and its stereoisomer, N-methyl-L-aspartate, were antagonized by the competitive NMDA antagonist, cis-4-(phosphonomethyl)-2-piperidinecarboxylic acid. cis-4-(phosphonomethyl)-2-Piperidinecarboxylic acid failed to prevent drinking produced by kainate or water deprivation. These results suggest that NMDA-, kainate- and water deprivation-induced drinking are mediated via separate mechanisms and that NMDA induced drinking is mediated via NMDA receptors.