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DEGENERATION SECRETION OF AMYLASE FROM THE PAROTID GLAND OF THE RAT
Author(s) -
Asking B.,
Emmelin N.,
Gjörstrup P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0144-8757
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1982.sp002604
Subject(s) - amylase , secretion , degeneration (medical) , endocrinology , medicine , sympathectomy , parotid gland , saliva , chemistry , enzyme , pathology , biochemistry
In anaesthetized rats the parotid saliva secreted during degeneration of the auriculo‐temporal nerve contains amylase in fairly constant concentration, the amylase output varying with the secretory rate. The amount of amylase was not reduced by adrenoceptor blocking agents; it was increased by sympathectomy carried out one week in advance. A sympathetic degeneration secretion of amylase could also be demonstrated while the post‐ganglionic sympathetic nerves were degenerating; a simultaneous parasympathetic degeneration secretion provided the salivary flow needed for the transport of the amylase.