ROLE OF SOMATIC AFFERENTS IN AUTONOMIC SYSTEM CONTROL OF THE INTESTINAL MOTILITY
ROLE OF SOMATIC AFFERENTS IN AUTONOMIC SYSTEM CONTROL OF THE INTESTINAL MOTILITY
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(80)90832-x
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
TERUI, N
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作者:
KOIZUMI, K;SATO, A;TERUI, N
In anesthetized (chloralose-urethane) rats, strong mechanical stimuli which were applied to the abdominal skin always inhibited motility of the small intestine. This reflex is referred to as an inhibitory cutaneo-intestinal reflex. Similar stimuli applied to the skin of the upper chest, neck, forepaws or hindpaws evoked the opposite effect, referred to as a facilitatory cutaneo-intestinal reflex. Recording the activity of efferent sympathetic nerves to the small intestine and transecting intestinal sympathetic or parasympathetic nerves showed that the inhibitory cutaneo-intestinal reflex was largely due to an increase in intestinal sympathetic efferent activity, and that the facilitatory cutaneo-intestinal reflex was due to a decrease in the intestinal sympathetic efferent nerve activity; both changes reflexly evoked. The inhibitory cutaneo-intestinal reflex was a propriospinal reflex caused by excitation of group IV (unmyelinated) cutaneous afferent nerve fibers. The facilitatory cutaneo-intestinal reflex seemed to be mediated through supraspinal pathways, and was evoked by excitation of mainly group III (A-delta group) cutaneous afferent nerve fibers. Interaction between the cutaneo-intestinal reflex and intestino-intestinal reflex was demonstrated. The possibility of a dorsal root reflex contribution to cutaneo-intestinal reflex was eliminated. The significance of the cutaneo-intestinal reflex in neural control of the gastrointestinal tract was discussed.