title: [Role of the central alpha-receptors in the modulation of carotid sinus reflex of rats].
abstract: To investigate the effects of the central alpha-receptors on the carotid sinus reflex, phenoxybenzamine (PBZ, 2 micrograms/20 microliters) or yohimbine (Y, 2 micrograms/20 microliters) was injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle (LCV) and intracarotid sinus pressure (ISP)-mean arterial pressure (MAP) relationship curve was constructed and fitted by a Logistic function. The results were as follows: (1) After injection of PBZ into LCV, the ISP-MAP relationship curve shifted upward at a higher ISP level with decreased peak slope and MAP range while the ISP-slope curve shifted downward. (2) After injection of Y into LCV, the ISP-MAP relationship curve shifted upward at a higher ISP level with decreased peak slope and MAP range and increased threshold. The ISP-slope curve shifted downward significantly at 10.64, 15.96 kPa. The peak slope and MAP range of Y group decreased significantly as compared with that of the PBZ group. These results indicated that after blockage of central alpha-receptors the sensitivity of the sinus reflex decreased significantly, and the blockage action of alpha 2-receptor is greater than that of alpha 1-receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Suzhou Medical College.
authors.forename: W Q
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002346:Carotid Sinus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010643:Phenoxybenzamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D010643:Phenoxybenzamine; D015016:Yohimbine