- Title
- The role of substance P in arterial chemoreflex control of ventilation
- Creator
- Gallagher, Peter J.; Paxinos, George; White, Saxon William
- Relation
- Central Integration of Cardiopulmonary Autonomic Controls Symposium. Proceedings of the Central Integration of Cardiopulmonary Autonomic Controls Symposium [presented in Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System, Vol. 12, No. 2-3 (Callaghan, N.S.W. 25-27 August, 1983)
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-1838(85)90061-X
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 1985
- Description
- The postulate that Substance P (SP) plays a neurotransmitter-like role in the arterial chemo- and thermoreflex control of ventilation was examined in conscious rabbits. The investigation was based on CNS neurotransmitter criteria and involved morphological studies using a monoclonal SP antibody, and functional experiments which compared within-animal responses to severe arterial hypoxia (PaO₂ < 35 mm Hg) and to intracisternal SP infusions. Experiments were performed in normal rabbits, and in rabbits pretreated at birth with capsaicin. The data support a neurotransmitter-like role for SP in the arterial chemo- and the thermoreflex control of ventilation, and there appear to be SP-dependent collateral chemoreflex pathways which block thermoregulatory panting through an inhibitory interneuron system.
- Subject
- substance P; arterial chemoreflex; capsaicin; immunohistochemistry; thermoregulation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/938925
- Identifier
- uon:12699
- Identifier
- ISSN:0165-1838
- Language
- eng
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