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Preferential distribution of inhbititory cardiac receptors in left ventricle of the dog
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Preferential distribution of inhbititory cardiac receptors in left ventricle of the dog

John L Walker, Marc D Thames, Francois M Abboud, Allyn L Mark and Harold S Klopfenstein
The American journal of physiology, Vol.235(2), pp.H188-192
08/1978
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1978.235.2.H188
PMID: 686186

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relative magnitudes of the reflex effects mediated by sensory endings in the left ventricle activated by intracoronary injection of nicotine or veratridine into left anterior descending (LAD) or circumflex (Cx) coronary arteries in the dog. Injection of nicotine or veratridine into the Cx consistently resulted in larger decreases in heart rate, arterial pressure, and in gracilis perfusion pressure than were observed following injection of the same dose into the LAD. Vagotomy abolished the cardioinhibitory and vasodepressor responses to intracoronary nicotine or veratridine. The weight of left ventricle perfused by LAD or Cx was not different (43.5 +/- 1.65 and 44.5 +/- 2.2 g, respectively. These data indicate that chemical activation of sensory endings with vagal afferents in the inferoposterior left ventricle of the dog results in larger cardionhibitor and vasodepressor responses than result from activation of respects in the anterior left ventricle. Further, these data provide strong evidence that these sensory endings which are chemically activated are preferentially distributed to the inferoposterior left ventricle.
 Blood Pressure Reflex Heart Rate Vagus Nerve - physiology Animals Sensory Receptor Cells - physiology Afferent Pathways - physiology Dogs Heart Ventricles - innervation Veratridine - pharmacology Injections, Intra-Arterial Nicotine - pharmacology

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