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The present study was designed to examine whether there are parasympathetic vasodilator fibers in the lower lip of the guinea-pig. Electrical stimulation of the central cut end of the lingual nerve of guinea-pigs evoked intensity- and frequency-dependent decreases in lower lip blood flow and systemic arterial blood pressure (SABP). Pretreatment with guanethidine, a postganglionic sympathetic nerve blocker and antihypertensive drug (30 mg kg−1, s.c., 24 h prior to experiments), reduced the magnitude of the decrease in SABP while the intensity- and frequency-dependent increases of the lip blood flow occurred by the lingual nerve stimulation only on the side ipsilateral to stimulation. Increases in the lip blood flow evoked by lingual nerve stimulation in guanethidine pretreated guinea-pigs were reduced by hexamethonium (an autonomic ganglion cholinergic blocker) in a dose-dependent manner. When fluoro-gold (a retrograde neural tracer) was injected into the lower lip, labeled neurons were observed in the ipsilateral otic ganglion. The present study indicates the presence of parasympathetic vasodilator fibers originating from the otic parasympathetic ganglion in the guinea-pig lower lip, similar to those reported previously in rats, cats, rabbits and humans.
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Abbreviations
- a.u.:
-
Arbitrary units
- SABP:
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Systemic arterial blood pressure
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Watanabe, H., Ishii, H., Niioka, T. et al. Occurrence of parasympathetic vasodilator fibers in the lower lip of the guinea-pig. J Comp Physiol B 178, 297–305 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-007-0222-z
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