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W Kohler

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PubMed1983

Response pattern of visceral afferent fibres, supplying the colon, upon chemical and mechanical stimuli.

In the cat responses of afferent fibres in the inferior splanchnic nerves which innervate the colon and its mesentery were investigated upon intra-arterial bolus injection of bradykinin, of KCl- and of hypertonic NaCl-solution and upon ischaemia of the colon. One hundred and twenty-five units were analyzed. 1) Seventy-seven from 96 units with resting activity (80%) and 7 from 29 units without (24%) were excited by bradykinin. The exictation was present both when the colon wall contracted and when the contractions were prevented or when the colon was paralytic. 2) Fifty-two from 82 units with resting activity (67%) and 4 from 21 units without (19%) responded to KCl with short-lasting, high-frequency bursts. Injections of hypertonic NaCl-solutions had only small effects on the afferent units. 3) The responses of the units to distension of the colon (see [3]) and to the chemical stimuli were highly correlated. 4) Afferent units which responded to distension of the colon and to bradykinin were also excited by partial or complete ischaemia of the colon (produced by occlusion of both mesenteric arteries or of only the inferior mesenteric artery). During ischaemia the activity in the afferents increased and became burst-like. The response to distension of the colon increased in some of the afferent units. 5) Blood pressure responses to colon distension and to local bradykinin application also increased during ischaemia. 6) The results indicate that visceral afferent fibres from the colon in the inferior splanchnic nerves may be functionally homogeneous and may encode noxious stimuli applied to the colon.

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PubMed1981

[Investigations in animal experiments into the influence of the beta-1-selective blocking agent metoprolol on the cardiovascular and metabolic side effects of the tocolytic fenoterol].

The influence of the highly selective beta-1-adrenergic blocker Metoprolol on cardiovascular and metabolic side effects of the beta-mimetic Fenoterol, used for labour inhibition, was investigated in anesthetized mongrel dogs. In a dosage of 1.5 microgram/kg BW/min Metoprolol antagonized the positive inotropic and chronotropic cardiac effects of Fenoterol (0.06 microgram/kg BW/min) thus compensating the impaired energetic balance of the myocardium. As expected, there was no influence on the beta-mimetic mediated metabolic alterations. Taking into account its pharmacologic actions, the additional application of Metoprolol in labour inhibition with beta-mimetics seems to be advantageous. On account of the proven results a reduction of the more or less considerable missensations and a cardioprotective effect may be expected.

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PubMed1980

[Respiratory and circulatory parameters under fenoterol and verapamil. An experimental study on the origin of pulmonary oedema under tocolysis. II (author's transl)].

In order to explain the development of pulmonary edema it is, in addition to determine shifts of lung fluids, indispensible that changes in the circulatory system be evaluated as well as changes in the breathing function by means of analysis of blood gases and acid and base status. The relevant parameters were continuously registrated for 8 anaesthesized mongrel dogs after the infusion of Fenoterol (0.06 mcg/kg/min) and later of Fenoterol (0.06 mcg/kg/min) and Verapamil (2 mcg/kg/min). A cardiac disfunction and irregularities in the ventilation process in the lung could be excluded. The proven changes such as an increase in cardiac output with increased venous backflow, and intrapulmonary shunt-formation as well as acidosis after an infusion of the betamimetic drug are to be regarded among the causes of a development of pulmonary edema. Verapamil produced no further changes in the evaluated parameters.

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