title: Effect of body temperature on salivary reflexes in rats.
abstract: Salivary secretion was evoked reflexly by taste or noxious stimulation at different body temperatures in urethane anesthetized rats. Magnitude of salivary secretion induced either by a taste stimulus or by a pinch was facilitated by increasing rectal temperature in a range of 39-40.3 degrees C. Above a threshold rectal temperature of 40.4 degrees C, copious saliva was continuously secreted without external stimulation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D005726:Ganglia, Parasympathetic / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism*; D012472:Salivation; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology