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Parasympathetic Degeneration Secretion of Saliva in Rats
Author(s) -
Delfs Ursula,
Emmelin N.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1979.sp002461
Subject(s) - saliva , degeneration (medical) , secretion , medicine , endocrinology , pathology
In rats under chloralose anaesthesia saliva was found to flow from the submandibular and parotid glands previously subjected to (partial) postganglionic parasympathetic denervation. Secretion started in the submandibular glands 8·8–11·8 hours, and in the parotid glands 14·0–21·6 hours after the denervation and lasted about 7 hours in both glands. It was not abolished by sympatholytic drugs but by atropine. It is regarded as an example of the “degeneration activity” described in many organs and species and provides a method for prolonged stimulation of salivary glands in rats.