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Suppression of postganglionic sympathetic discharges by pentobarbital in endotoxic cats
Acta Physiologica Scandinavica
|February 1, 1982
Abstract:
Pentobarbital (7-9 mg/kg) profoundly suppressed the sympathetic postganglionic cardiac and splenic discharges in endotoxic cats under chloralose anesthesia. Concurrently, the pre-existent tachycardia was replaced by bradycardia, and the blood pressure fell further. The findings are interpreted to imply a pentobarbital-induced sympatholysis.

