Morphine selectively facilitates the inspiratory-inhibitory vagal reflex in adult rabbits.
In rabbits naive to opiates or pretreated with morphine a selective morphine-induced facilitation of the Breuer-Hering inflation reflex is described.
D000818:Animals; D002698:Chloralose / Q000494:pharmacology; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects*; D014520:Urethane / Q000494:pharmacology; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology*
D002698:Chloralose; D009270:Naloxone; D014520:Urethane; D009020:Morphine; D010424:Pentobarbital