Bapta

SST was purchased from Bachem. The following chemicals were products of R&D Systems: tetrodotoxin (TTX), kynurenic acid, picrotoxin, CGP55845, BAPTA, SCH23390, linopirdine, ZD7288, CH275, L-803,087, BIM 23052, 1R,1′S,3′R/1R,1′R,3′S)-L-054,264 (abbreviated as L-054,264), octreotide, CYN154806, GDP-β-S, MDL12330A, SQ22536, Rp-cAMPS, H89, KT5720, GF109203X, forskolin, IBMX, HJC0350. PKI(5-24) was provided by Enzo Life Sciences. Drugs were initially prepared in stock solution, aliquoted and stored at −20°C. For those chemicals which are only soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), the concentration of DMSO was less than 0.1%. This concentration of DMSO either in the recording pipettes or in the bath had no significant effects on neuronal activity.

The following chemicals were products of R&D Systems: [Thr⁴,Gly⁷]-oxytocin (TGOT), kynurenic acid, picrotoxin, GDP-β-S, U73122, U73343, heparin, thapsigargin, BAPTA, chelerythrine, bisindolylmaleimide II (Bis II), phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), tetrodotoxin (TTX), ML 133, ML 297, tertiapin-Q and tertiapin-LQ. Drugs were initially prepared in stock solution, aliquoted and stored at −20°C. For those chemicals which are only soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), the concentration of DMSO was less than 0.1%. This concentration of DMSO either in the recording pipettes or in the bath had no significant effects on neuronal activity.

[Arg⁸]-vasopressin (AVP) was purchased from Bachem. The following chemicals were products of R&D Systems: TTX, kynurenic acid, picrotoxin, SR49059, GDP-β-S, U73122, U73343, heparin, thapsigargin, BAPTA, chelerythrine, bisindolylmaleimide II (Bis II), capsazepine, M084, edelfosine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-on (QO-58). Dioctanoyl phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (diC8-PIP₂) was purchased from Echelon Biosciences. Drugs were initially prepared in stock solution, aliquoted and stored at −20°C. For those chemicals requiring dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a solvent, the concentration of DMSO was less than 0.1%. This concentration of DMSO either in the recording pipettes or in the bath had no significant effects on neuronal activity.