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Dissection of Pelvic Autonomic Ganglia and Associated Nerves in Male and Female Rats
Published on: March 7, 2020
Effects of +Gz Loads on Structural Organization of Central Autonomic Nuclei
A F Sukhoterin1,2, P S Pashchenko3,4
1A. A. Vishnevsky Third Central Military Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Odinstovo, Moscow Region, Russia. a.suhoterin@mail.ru.
Abstract:
Structural alterations in the central autonomic nuclei (dorsal vagal complex and intermediolateral nucleus) of the centrifuged random-bred male rats subjected to +Gz loads were examined. Acute exposure to gravitational loads predominantly produced the reactive changes in these nuclei, while persistently repeated regular loads resulted in cumulation of the destructive alterations. The structural perturbations in the central autonomic nuclei can disturb the autonomic regulation of physiological functions. The character of such disturbances is partially determined by the peculiarities in structural organization of these nuclei.
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