Experimental Physiology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology 22.1 pp 1-5
© The Physiological Society 1932
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Epstein, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Epstein, D.

THE RESPONSES OF THE BATRACHIAN ALIMENTARY CANAL TO AUTONOMIC DRUGS. XENOPUS LÆVIS (THE SOUTH AFRICAN CLAWED TOAD)-ARECOLINE

David Epstein 1

1 Department of Pharmacology, University of Cape Town

1. Arecoline causes contraction of every portion of the alimentary canal of Xenopus lævis (the South African clawed toad), and this is antagonised by atropine.

2. These responses have been interpreted as proving that the whole of the digestive tract of X. lævis receives motor (excitatory) fibres from the parasympathetic system.

3. Arecoline, under certain conditions, is a more suitable drug than pilocarpine for demonstrating the presence of parasympathetic motor (excitatory) fibres.

Submitted on January 18, 1932






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1932 by the The Physiological Society.