“…Most studies have dealt with animal models and the results have been conflicting (Zusman, Spector, Cadwell, Speroff, Schneider & Mulrow, 1973;Papanicolaou, Safer, Hornych, Fontaliran, Weiss, Bariety & Milliez, 1975;Tobian & O'Donnell, 1976;Weber, Larsson & Scherer, 1977;Davila, Davila, Oliw & Anggard, 1978;Lifschitz, Patak, Radem & Stein, 1978). We therefore decided to study the effects of changes in Na balance on the urinary excretion of prostaglandin E 2 and prostaglandin F 2a (PGE 2 and PGF 2a respectively) that reflect the renal synthesis of these prostaglandins (Frolich, Wilson, Sweetman, Smigel, Nils, Carr, Waston & Oates, 1975;Dunn & Hood, 1977).…”