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Exactly one milliliter of fresh prewarmed isotonic medium (~300 mOsM) was added to the lower chamber and exactly 175 μl of hypertonic medium (~450 mOsM) was added to the upper chamber at time zero.
Hypotonic, hypertonic and caffeine treated media produced no increase in AppppN (not shown).
After brief exposure to a hypertonic medium, the vitelline membrane was stripped from each oocyte with forceps.
We found that the total intracellular water signal (see Figure 6) shrinks in response to osmotically driven efflux when the tissue is exposed to hypertonic solutions (with salt or sucrose in the perfusate spectra; data not shown).
Indeed, alterations in AVP regulation and secretion are thought to be one possible biochemical abnormality in patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) [ 15 16 17 18 ] . This disorder is characterized by sudden, recurrent thoughts or images that intrude into consciousness (obsessions) driving stereotyped acts that the person feels compelled to perform (compulsions) [ 19 ] . Interestingly, patients with OCD show elevated basal levels of AVP in the cerebrospinal fluid and exaggerated plasma levels of AVP in response to hypertonic challenge [ 16 ] . Many patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, both compulsive eating disorders, have abnormal levels of AVP in the cerebrospinal fluid and plasma [ 15 17 ] . Pediatric patients with severe OCD have low levels of AVP in cerebrospinal fluid, while a subgroup of pediatric patients with compulsive checking rituals has elevated AVP levels [ 18 ] . Hence, there are many clinical examples of compulsive behavior associated with a perturbation in the AVP system.
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