Somato-sympathetic response with the extremely high latency in unanesthetized decerebrate frog

Grigorij I. Frolenkov, Elena V. Lukoshkova, Vladimir M. Khayutin

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Abstract

Excitation of the sciatic nerve A-afferents in the immobilized unanesthetized decerebrated frog was found to evoke two responses in the postganglionic sympathetic efferent nerves as well as in the preganglionic ones. The first response with a latency not more than 150 ns consists of an excitatory and an inhibitory component. The second response has a latency over 2 s. Only the latter was found to disappear under the viadril-induced anesthesia. Similarities of the somato-sympathetic responses in mammals and in frogs are discussed and a reasonable physiological role of the high latency response is speculated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85-90
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Autonomic Nervous System
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1986

Keywords

  • anesthesia
  • blood pressure reflex
  • frog
  • somatic afferents
  • somato-sympathetic reflex
  • sympathetic nervous system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Clinical Neurology

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