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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of the efferent glossopharyngeal nerve stimulation, on EMG activity of the pigeon cervical oesophagus, were studied. In control animals, stimulation caused a biphasic response characterized by an intra-stimulus excitatory component followed by a post-stimulus inhibitory one. The EMG response to glossopharyngeal stimulation appeared simultaneously throughout the cervical oesophagus. A bell-shaped mechanical wave was detected relating to the electrical excitatory component. Atropine administration antagonized the excitatory component, while the inhibitory one persisted. It occurs intra-stimulus, and its duration is increased, compared to control ones. A reduction in the oesophageal resting pressure was observed relating to the electrical inhibitory component. Hexamethonium caused complete disappearance of any EMG response to glossopharyngeal stimulation, as well as suppression of mechanical responses. The comparison between the EMG responses to swallow and to efferent glossopharyngeal stimulation suggests that in pigeon cervical oesophagus: primary peristalsis is central in origin; a dual system of glossopharyngeal fibres, excitatory and inhibitory, carries the central control for oesophageal motility; these excitatory and inhibitory fibres supply the oesophageal muscle via intramural neurons; the synaptic arrangement of the inhibitory pathway is more complex than the excitatory one.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-9799
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
321-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Electrical stimulation of glossopharyngeal nerve and oesophageal EMG response in the pigeon.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro