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Participation of septum on the increase of plasm cortisol level induced by stimulation of the greater splanchnic nerve of cats

Zhou Yuqian, Zhu Xiaoman, Zhu Zitao, Guo Jiankan, Hu Liming, Zhou Weiqi

Department of Physiology, Nanjing Railway Medical College. Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu；China；Department of Radioactive Isotope, Nanjing Railway Medical College. Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu

Abstract

Experimens were performed on 36 cats, showing that stimulation of the central end of the left major splanchnic nerve induced an increase of the plasma cortisol level. The centripetal effect was abolished by lesioning the septal nuclei, just as the same as injection of propranolol into the nuclei; but phentolamine had no such preventive action. All the findings show that it is the noradrenergic #beta#--receptor system of the septal nuclei that exerts a considerable effect on cortisol secretion.

Key words: Septal nuclei;The greatsr splanchnic nerve;Cortisol;Propranolol

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Zhou Yuqian, Zhu Xiaoman, Zhu Zitao, Guo Jiankan, Hu Liming, Zhou Weiqi. Participation of septum on the increase of plasm cortisol level induced by stimulation of the greater splanchnic nerve of cats. Acta Physiol Sin 1995; 47 (3): (in Chinese with English abstract).