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In the 5–10-day old rat pups, in the course of simultaneous recording of ECG, respiration rate (RR), and spontaneous periodic motor activity (SPMA) there were determined parameters of the studied processes and their correlations at changes of levels of activity of adrenergic structures. As adrenoactive agents, the sympathomimetic amphetamine, α- and β-adrenolytics phentolamine and propranolol, as well as the dopamine receptor blocker haloperidol were used. It has been established that injection of amphetamine significantly increases intensity of the decasecond rhythm in the activity pattern of excitable structures. However, the action both on the α- and β-adrenoreceptors and on dopamine receptors produces no significant changes of this rhythm parameters. Based on this, it can be suggested that an increase of the decasecond rhythm is due to the ability of amphetamine to inhibit the pentose phosphate cycle activity. Administration of adrenolytics decreases RR and heart rate (HR). Amphetamine restores them by a simultaneous increase of pathological disturbances of the respiration rhythm, which appear at injections of sympatholytics. Blockade of dopamine receptors leads to replacement of motor activity fires by jerks following in the rhythm close to the previous one. As a rule, at the blockade of α-adrenoreceptors the SPMA pattern is deprived of obvious rhythmic components, whereas at the blockade of β-adrenoreceptors, they are preserved. Analysis of the obtained data indicates that the respiration frequency modulation that increases at action on adrenoreactive structures correlates with the motor activity changes. However, there are several peculiarities due to action on various types of adrenoreceptors. Of the leading significance in the normal intersystem interaction is preservation of balance between individual adrenergic structures.
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Kuznetsov, S.V. Character of Viscero- and Somatomotor Interactions in Rat Pups at Changes of the Level of Activity of Adrenergic Structures. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology 40, 293–306 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEY.0000042634.71156.a7
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