In perfused rat submandibular glands, VIP alone produced a modest, sustained saliva flow with a biphasic dose-response curve, greatest at 1 nM and reduced at lower and higher concentrations.
In plain wordsIn rat salivary glands removed from the body, VIP alone produced a modest flow of saliva, largest at a middle dose.
- Outcome
- MixedSaliva volume with VIP alone
- Study
ratn = 4
Isolated perfused rat submandibular glands- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal function · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 1 nM · perfusionAs given in this study (rat).
Measurements
- Saliva volume in first 5 min
- 28.5 microliters
- 1 nM VIP
Source sentences
In the absence of other secretagogues, VIP produced a modest, sustained saliva flow with a biphasic dose-response curve in which saliva volume was greatest at 1 nM VIP (28.5 +/- 3.8 microliters in the first 5 min, n = 4) but reduced at lower and higher concentrations.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The isolated, perfused gland was used to examine the regulation of saliva volume and protein content by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP).