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Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Macaca fascicularis
Author(s) -
Hartley L.H.,
Rodger R.F.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1986.tb00285.x
Subject(s) - autonomic nervous system , hexamethonium , parasympathetic nervous system , sympathetic nervous system , propranolol , medicine , central nervous system , vagal tone , atropine , neuroscience , endocrinology , biology , blood pressure , heart rate
This study was performed to determine the contributions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems to cardiovascular control. Hexamethonium was administered to block the autonomic ganglia, propranolol to block beta adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system, and mcthylatropine to block the parasympathetic nervous system. The results of this study indicate high sympathetic tone and low parasympathetic tone in resting Macaca fascicularis . These findings are different from those in man but are similar to other nonhuman primates.