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Published on: September 18, 2014
Mechanisms of Discoordination of Contractile Activity in the Gastroduodenal Zone during Psychogenic Stress in Rabbits
V I Ovsyannikov1, T P Berezina2, K A Shemerovskii2
1Department of Physiology of Visceral Systems, Research Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia. vladovs@mail.ru.
Abstract:
Inhibition of the contractile activity of the stomach induced by psychogenic stress persisted after blockade of muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic receptors and α2 and β1/β2-adrenergic receptors. Stress-induced increase in contractile activity in the proximal part of the duodenum persisted during blockade of muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic receptors, β1/β2-adrenergic receptors. At the same time, blockade of the above cholinergic and adrenergic receptors eliminated the stress-induced increase in contractive activity in the distal part of the duodenum.
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