Preliminary study of the intense sympathetic discharge induced centrally after lateral ventricular administration of whole venom of Dendroaspis polylepis
Date
1977Author
Telang, BV
Wangai, J
Njoroge, D
Kyegombe, DB
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Lateral ventricular administration of 100 microgram of Dendroaspis polylepis venom is cats consistently produced a marked rise in arterial blood pressure, heart rate dilatation of pupils and piloerection. This intense central sympathetic discharge occurred after a latent period of 11.7 +/- 0.72 min. Bilateral adrenelectomy abolished the sympathetic discharge showing that central release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla may play an important role in elicting the cardiovascular response.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/885604http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30582
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Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 1977 Apr-Jun;21(2):153-5.Publisher
Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10378]