title: Studies on the integrated extrinsic nervous control of rectal motility in the cat.
abstract: The effect of sympathetic nervous activity on rectal motility induced by pelvic nerve stimulation (PNS) was studied in anaesthetized cats. Division of the sympathetic lumbar colonic and hypogastric nerves or alpha-adrenoreceptor blockade, both of which reduced rectal tone, also reversed a predominantly relaxatory pelvic nerve response into a pure contraction. Contractions to pelvic nerve stimulation were reduced by simultaneous lumbar colonic nerve stimulation. This lumbar colonic nerve-induced inhibition was augmented by alpha-adrenoceptor blockade and abolished by beta-blockade. Close intra-arterial injection of a beta-adrenergic agonist reduced contractions to PNS, while an alpha-adrenergic agonist had no effect. Stimulation of the hypogastric nerves enhanced rectal contractions to simultaneous PNS. The apparent similarity with the arrangement of extrinsic nervous control of the internal anal sphincter suggests that the rectum is functionally involved in continence mechanisms.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hedlund
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fasth
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hultén
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nordgren
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002415:Cats; D003106:Colon / Q000294:innervation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D006145:Guanethidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects; D012007:Rectum / Q000294:innervation*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D010656:Phenylephrine; D001285:Atropine; D011433:Propranolol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D010646:Phentolamine; D006145:Guanethidine