Primary neuronal cultures from the hypothalamus of newborn SD rats are incubated with orexin A (1 µM), orexin A (1 µM) together with SB-408124 (100 µM) for 6 h. Orexin A-induced increases in arginine vasopressin (AVP) mRNA levels (2.7-fold) are attenuated by SB-408124 (1.2-fold).