EFFECTS OF PERIPHERAL CHEMOSYMPATHECTOMY AND ADRENALECTOMY UPON BLOOD-PRESSURE RESPONSES OF THE RAT TO FOOTSHOCK UNDER VARYING CONDITIONS - EVIDENCE FOR BEHAVIORAL-EFFECTS ON PATTERNING OF SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS-SYSTEM RESPONSES

被引:10
作者
WILLIAMS, RB [1 ]
EICHELMAN, BS [1 ]
NG, LKY [1 ]
机构
[1] NIMH,CLIN PSYCHOBIOL LAB,BETHESDA,MD 20014
关键词
6‐hydroxydopamine; Adrenalectomy; Blood pressure response; Coping; Shock‐induced fighting; Sympathetic nervous system;
D O I
10.1111/j.1469-8986.1979.tb01450.x
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
A significant decrease in blood pressure is observed after shock‐induced fighting in intact rats. In rats treated with intravenous 6‐hydroxydopamine, a drug that selectively destroys peripheral sympathetic nerve endings when given by this route, this blood pressure response is reversed to a significant increase. In contrast, adrenalectomy converts a slight increase in blood pressure after intact rats are shocked alone in the cage into a significant decrease. These alterations in blood pressure response suggest that the sympathetic response to a stressful stimulus is not an all or none response, but, rather, consists of a patterned activation depending upon the behavioral response available. The current physiological findings are consistent with neuroendocrine research in which coping behavior is found associated with a predominant norepinephrine release by the sympathetic nervous system, and stress without available coping responses is associated with release also of epinephrine. Copyright © 1979, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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页数:5
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