“…In dogs and rats vasopressin does not alter the water permeability of 85 86 A.M. BEAL the proximal convoluted tubule (Clapp, Watson & Berliner, 1963;Gertz, Kennedy & Ullrich, 1964;UWrich, Rumrich & Fuchs, 1964) or the loop of Henle (Wirz, 1956;Gottschalk, 1961;Morgan & Berliner, 1968). Likewise Davis, Knox & Berliner (1967) found no evidence of sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule being altered by vasopressin although some earlier reports suggest that vasopressin might stimulate sodium reabsorption in this segment (Clapp et al, 1963;Gottschalk, cited by Gertz et aL, 1964). In the rat various lines of evidence indicate that the distal convoluted tubule is one site of action of vasopressin on water reabsorption (Wirz, 1956;Gottschalk & Mylle, 1959;Darmady, Durant, Matthews & Stranack, 1960) but in other species such as dog, monkey and Meriones the distal tubule does not show the same responsiveness to the hormone (Clapp & Robinson, 1966;Bennett, Brenner & Berliner, 1968;Rouffignac, Lechene, Guinnebault & Morel, 1969).…”