Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Sep 1997
Effects of vagal nerves or vagosympathetic trunks stimulation on the hemodynamics during spinal anesthesia in cats.
To clarify the sudden onset of profound bradycardia or hypotension during spinal anesthesia, we stimulated vagal nerves (VN) or vagosympathetic trunks (VST) to examine the effects on the autonomic nervous system during spinal anesthesia with different degrees of cardiac sympathetic nerve block. ⋯ These results suggest that hypotension and bradycardia during a high level of spinal anesthesia are due to the block of CSNA, and vagal reflex may produce profound hypotension and bradycardia especially in high spinal anesthesia.
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Journal of anesthesia · Sep 1997
Yohimbine and flumazenil: effect on nitrous oxide-induced suppression of dorsal horn neurons in cats.
The purpose of this study was to determine the mechanisms of nitrous oxide (N2O) antinociception at the spinal level with yohimbine (an α2-adrenergic antagonist) and flumazenil (a specific benzodiazepine antagonist) using chemonociceptive stimuli in spinal dorsal horn neurons in the cat. ⋯ These data imply that N2O suppresses the nociceptive responses in part probably through its agonistic binding activity to the α2-adrenergic, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-benzodiazepine, or both receptor systems in dorsal born neurons of the feline spinal cord.
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Journal of anesthesia · Sep 1997
The effect of CGRP-induced hypotension on organ blood flow during halothane anesthesia in dogs: a comparison with trimetaphan.
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is an endogenous 37-amino-acid peptide which is a powerful vasodilator of the splanchnic circulation. To elucidate the effects of CGRP-induced hypotension on the organ blood flow, we compared the renal, hepatic, and pancreatic organ flows of CGRP-induced hypotension with those of trimetaphan (TMP) in halothane-anesthetized dogs. ⋯ These findings show that CGRP does not adversely affect renal, hepatic, and pancreatic organ blood flows even in the presence of profound hypotension in halothane-anesthetized dogs. The results of this study suggest that CGRP may preserve organ blood flow during induced hypotension.