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Experimental Physiology 83.5 pp 697-700
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Experimental Physiology, Vol 83, Issue 5, 697-700
Copyright © 1998 by The Physiological Society

Article

Non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic reflex secretion of parotid saliva in rats elicited by mastication and acid applied on the tongue

J Ekstrom

Chewing and acid on the tongue evoked a flow of saliva from the duct-cannulated parotid gland of the conscious rat despite pretreatment with atropine and adrenoceptor antagonists. This non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) response depended on an intact parasympathetic innervation and was abolished by a tachykinin antagonist. The present findings are consistent with a physiological role for the secretory NANC mechanisms of the salivary glands.




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