[Effect of the intraventricular administration of vasopressin and oxytocin on hypothalamic self stimulation].

The influence of 500 microunits oxytocin as well as 50 micrunits lysine-vasopressin on hypothalamic self-stimulation rate after intraventricular application was studied. Oxytocin caused an increase and vasopressin a decrease in the self-stimulation rate.