Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Plasma and Atrial Auricles of the Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mouse

Decompensated diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with abnormalities in fluid and electrolyte balance (1,2,3). Alterations in the renin-angiotensin- aldosterone system and vasopressin have been observed both in human with DM (4,5) and in rats treated with the diabetogenic agent, streptozotocin (STZ) (6,7,8).