Gradation of the reflex response from atrial receptors.
- 1 October 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 251 (2) , 561-567
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1975.sp011108
Abstract
1. In anaesthetized dogs, distension of balloons so as to stimulate atrial receptors resulted in a reflex increase in heart rate. 2. Successive distensions of one, two and three balloons positioned in the left upper and middle pulmonary vein-atrial junctions and in the left atrial appendage resulted in a progressive increase in the magnitude of this response. 3. It is concluded that the magnitude of the increase in heart rate is related to the extent of receptor area stimulated.Keywords
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