title: Amylase in parotid saliva of rats after sympathetic nervous decentralization.
abstract: The marked increase in the amylase secretion that occurs in parasympathetic saliva some days after sympathetic ganglionectomy occurred after decentralization also; hence, it results from lack of impulses from the central nervous system. It occurred whether salivation was evoked by activating muscarinic receptors with methacholine, peptidergic receptors with substance P or physalaemin, or alpha-adrenoceptors with phenylephrine. Unilateral operation affected to some degree the contralateral gland also.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Asking
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authors.lastname: Emmelin
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D008688:Methacholine Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000201:enzymology*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010803:Physalaemin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology*; D012472:Salivation / Q000187:drug effects; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology; D013562:Sympathectomy; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D013565:Sympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D013565:Sympatholytics; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D010656:Phenylephrine; D010803:Physalaemin; D013373:Substance P; D000681:Amylases