Key result
Electrical stimulation of the right stellate ganglion at 4/sec or higher increased the rate of discharge in afferents in the ipsilateral, but not contralateral, aortic nerve in anaesthetized cats.
Population
Anaesthetized cats
Design
Preclinical
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May explain chemoreceptor responses in sympathetic hypertension; leaves open relevance to human autonomic control.
Sympathetic pathways to the aortic bodies can maintain or increase chemoreceptor discharge during hypertension elicited by sympathetic activation.
Elliott Mills (1968) studied this question. Electrical stimulation of preganglionic sympathetic fibres to the decentralized right stellate ganglion was evaluated on Rate of discharge in afferents in the ipsilateral and contralateral aortic nerve. Electrical stimulation of the right stellate ganglion at 4/sec or higher increased the rate of discharge in afferents in the ipsilateral, but not contralateral, aortic nerve in anaesthetized cats.
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