Anatomy of efferent hepatic nerves

2004 ◽  
Vol 280A (1) ◽  
pp. 821-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. McCuskey
Keyword(s):  
Hepatic Nerves

Reflex effects of hepatic baroreceptors on renal and cardiac sympathetic nerve activity

1980 ◽  
Vol 238 (5) ◽  
pp. R390-R394 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Kostreva ◽  
A. Castaner ◽  
J. P. Kampine
Keyword(s):  
Sympathetic Nerve Activity ◽  
Carotid Sinus ◽  
Venous Pressure ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Systemic Blood Pressure ◽  
Nerve Activity ◽  
Efferent Nerve ◽  
Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity ◽  
Cervical Vagotomy ◽  
Hepatic Nerves

The reflex effects of hepatic low-pressure baroreceptors on renal and cardiopulmonary sympathetic efferent nerve activity were studied in mongrel dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium. Systemic blood pressure, central venous pressure, hepatic, renal, and portal venous pressures were all measured during occlusion of the thoracic vena cava above the diaphragm, below the liver, and during occlusion of the portal vein. Renal and cardiopulmonary sympathetic efferent nerve activity was continuously recorded along with the hepatic efferent nerve activity during the caval occlusions. Hepatic baroreceptor excitation resulted in marked increases in hepatic afferent nerve activity and reflex increases in renal and cardiopulmonary sympathetic efferent nerve activity without a change in heart rate. Section of the anterior hepatic nerves eliminated the reflex increase in renal efferent nerve activity, but did not eliminate the increase in cardiopulmonary sympathetic efferent nerve activity. Carotid sinus denervation, bilateral cervical vagotomy, and phrenectomy did not alter the reflex responses to hepatic baroreceptor excitation. These hepatorenal and hepatocardiopulmonary reflexes may be important reflex mechanisms that are activated during congestive heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver.

Effect of stimulation of hepatic nerves on hepatic O2 uptake and blood flow

1977 ◽  
Vol 232 (6) ◽  
pp. H652-H656
Author(s):  
W. W. Lautt
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Flow ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Portal Vein ◽  
Hepatic Artery ◽  
Venous Blood ◽  
Neurogenic Vasoconstriction ◽  
Pressure Changes ◽  
Hepatic Nerves ◽  
Stimulation Of

Acute denervation of the liver did not result in changes of oxygen uptake or hemodynamics in the intact liver of the cat. Stimulation of the hepatic nerves resulted in a marked reduction of vascular conductance of the hepatic artery and portal vein (intrahepatic) resulting in almost complete cessation of arterial flow and increased portal blood pressure. The hepatic artery showed a more complete escape from the neurogenic vasoconstriction than did the portal vein. During the stable "escape phase" oxygen delivery was 86% of control, but hepatic extraction of oxygen increased so that oxygen uptake was not altered from control values. The return of oxygen consumption to normal during nerve stimulation suggests that redistribution of hepatic blood flow did not occur. In spite of arterial and portal venous blood pressure changes and changes in gut conductance, oxygen extraction of the gut did not change.

scholarly journals Galanin is localized in sympathetic neurons of the dog liver

1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (6) ◽  
pp. E1194-E1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas O. Mundinger ◽  
C. Bruce Verchere ◽  
Denis G. Baskin ◽  
Michael R. Boyle ◽  
Stephan Kowalyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Sympathetic Neurons ◽  
Sympathetic Nerves ◽  
Liver Parenchyma ◽  
Nerve Fibers ◽  
Adrenergic Nerve ◽  
Adrenergic Nerve Terminals ◽  
6 Hydroxydopamine ◽  
Hepatic Nerves ◽  
Dog Liver

Stimulation of canine hepatic nerves releases the neuropeptide galanin from the liver; therefore, galanin may be a sympathetic neurotransmitter in the dog liver. To test this hypothesis, we used immunocytochemistry to determine if galanin is localized in hepatic sympathetic nerves and we used hepatic sympathetic denervation to verify such localization. Liver sections from dogs were immunostained for both galanin and the sympathetic enzyme marker tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). Galanin-like immunoreactivity (GALIR) was colocalized with TH in many axons of nerve trunks as well as individual nerve fibers located both in the stroma of hepatic blood vessels and in the liver parenchyma. Neither galanin- nor TH-positive cell bodies were observed. Intraportal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) infusion, a treatment that selectively destroys hepatic adrenergic nerve terminals, abolished the GALIR staining in parenchymal neurons but only moderately diminished the GALIR staining in the nerve fibers around blood vessels. To confirm that 6-OHDA pretreatment proportionally depleted galanin and norepinephrine in the liver, we measured both the liver content and the hepatic nerve-stimulated spillover of galanin and norepinephrine from the liver. Pretreatment with 6-OHDA reduced the content and spillover of both galanin and norepinephrine by >90%. Together, these results indicate that galanin in dog liver is primarily colocalized with norepinephrine in sympathetic nerves and may therefore function as a hepatic sympathetic neurotransmitter.

An intracaval cannulation for obtaining pure, mixed hepatic venous blood samples

1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (2) ◽  
pp. H262-H265
Author(s):  
W. W. Lautt ◽  
C. Wong ◽  
J. S. Durham ◽  
P. Taillon
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Venous Blood ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Direct Stimulation ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Arterial Blood ◽  
Vascular Congestion ◽  
Hepatic Venous Blood ◽  
Surgical Preparation ◽  
Hepatic Nerves

A method for obtaining pure, mixed hepatic venous blood is described and evaluated in anesthetized cats. Hepatic vascular congestion does not occur with this “intracaval cannulation”, however small elevations in central venous blood pressure were noted. Although these changes persisted they did not result in systemic vascular congestion, judging from the normal arterial and portal pressures and from the lack of progressive decrease in arterial blood pressure. Blood samples obtained using the intracaval cannulation were shown to contain identical levels of oxygen as those obtained using a more complex surgical preparation. Reflux of blood from the vena cava does not occur during sampling. The responsiveness of this sampling method to rapid changes in venous content was evaluated by following the changes in glucose balance caused by direct stimulation of the hepatic nerves. The responses measured were similar to those measured in a separate set of experiments obtained using blood samples from a surgically isolated hepatic venous supply.

Role of hepatic nerves in long-term control of NaCl homeostasis in Wistar-Kyoto rats

1995 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironobu Morita ◽  
Qing-hui Chen ◽  
Hiroshi Hosomi
Keyword(s):  
Wistar Kyoto Rats ◽  
Wistar Kyoto ◽  
Hepatic Nerves

scholarly journals Capacitance Responses and Fluid Exchange in the Cat Liver during Stimulation of the Hepatic Nerves

1969 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive V. Greenway ◽  
Ronald D. Stark ◽  
W. Wayne Lautt
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Exchange ◽  
Hepatic Nerves ◽  
Stimulation Of
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