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Acetylcholine and nicotine were superfused on the ventral medullary surface between the ponto-medullary border and C1 in anaesthetized cats in order to determine the topical distribution of their actions on respiration and circulation.
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Acetylcholine (10−4 g·ml−1=5.5·10−4 mMol·ml−1) produced an increase in respiration and a lowering of blood pressure. The magnitude and the time course of the responses varied according to the points of superfusion on the surface.
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Nicotine (10−4 g·ml−1=6.2·10−4 mMol·ml−1) elicited hyperventilation and more often an increase in arterial pressure on unilateral superfusion of the surface. In some cases, however, a drop in blood pressure was also observed.
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The responsive regions of the surface on which nicotine acted and elicited hyperventilation, bear a close resemblance to the regions responsive to acetylcholine.
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The topographical distribution of the respiratory effects elicited by the above-mentioned drugs were similar to the distribution of the responses to changes in pH on the ventral medullary surface or to electrical stimulation.
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Procaine (2·10−2 g·ml−1=7.3·10−2 mMol·ml−1) applied bilaterally in the intermediate zone (S) caused profound inhibition of respiration and of arterial profound inhibition of respiration and of arterial pressure. Procaine at this concentration also inhibited respiratory hyperventilation caused by nicotine (10−4 g·ml−1=6.2·10−4 mMol·ml−1) applied to the caudal and rostral areas.
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Dev, N.B., Loeschcke, H.H. Topography of the respiratory and circulatory responses to acetylcholine and nicotine on the ventral surface of the medulla oblongata. Pflugers Arch. 379, 19–27 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00622900
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