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The effect of staphylococcus enterotoxin on the circulatory apparatus was investigated. Experiments were conducted on cats. It was established that there is a fall in the blood pressure in intravenous injection of staphylococcus enterotoxin. Experiments which were carried out on animals in which atropine, adrenalin and papaverine were previously administered showed that in these conditions enterotoxin, likewise, causes hypotonia.
It was also demonstrated that the isolated heart is arrested in the diastolic phase under the effect of staphylococcus enterotoxin.
The results of these experiments allow us to conclude that the effect of staphylococcus enterotoxin is mostly manifested by way of the elements of the parasympathetic portion of the nervous system.
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A. I. Stolmakova, Byull. Eksptl. Biol. i Med., 43, No. 8, 58–62, 1957. Original Russian pagnation. See C.B. Translation.
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Stolmakova, A.I. Mechanism of the action of staphylococcus enterotoxin on the animal body. Bull Exp Biol Med 44, 1345–1348 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00830628
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00830628