In anesthetized cats, intravenous delta sleep-inducing peptide potentiated the inhibitory tonic vagal influence on heart rate.
In plain wordsIn anesthetized cats, delta sleep-inducing peptide strengthened the slowing effect of the vagus nerve on heart rate.
- Outcome
- IncreaseInhibitory tonic vagal influence on heart rate
- Study
catn: not reported in source
Anesthetized cats with right vagus nerve stimulation- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intravenousAs given in this study (cat).
Source sentences
For instance, dalargin (D-Ala2-Leu5-Arg6-enkephalin) and neokyotorphin selectively diminished the inhibitory tonic vagal influence, whereas delta sleep inducing peptide and neurotensin potentiated it.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
When the right vagus nerve of anesthetized cats was stimulated with repetitive bursts of pulses, decelerated heart rate became synchronized to the rhythm of the vagal bursts.