scholarly journals REFLEX INHIBITION OF COLD SHIVERING BY PRESSURE ON THE EYE-BALL AND THE EAR-ROOT OF THE RABBIT, AND ITS AFFERENT PATHWAY

1969 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-159
Author(s):  
Mitsuo KOSAKA
Keyword(s):  
Reflex Inhibition ◽  
Afferent Pathway ◽  
Cold Shivering

scholarly journals Acupuncture Affects Regional Blood Flow in Various Organs

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sae Uchida ◽  
Harumi Hotta
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
The Body ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Uterine Blood Flow ◽  
Afferent Pathway ◽  
Antidromic Activation ◽  
Efferent Nerve ◽  
Afferent Nerves ◽  
Cortical Cerebral Blood Flow

In this review, our recent studies using anesthetized animals concerning the neural mechanisms of vasodilative effect of acupuncture-like stimulation in various organs are briefly summarized. Responses of cortical cerebral blood flow and uterine blood flow are characterized as non-segmental and segmental reflexes. Among acupuncture-like stimuli delivered to five different segmental areas of the body; afferent inputs to the brain stem (face) and to the spinal cord at the cervical (forepaw), thoracic (chest or abdomen), lumbar (hindpaw) and sacral (perineum) levels, cortical cerebral blood flow was increased by stimuli to face, forepaw and hindpaw. The afferent pathway of the responses is composed of somatic groups III and IV afferent nerves and whose efferent nerve pathway includes intrinsic cholinergic vasodilators originating in the basal forebrain. Uterine blood flow was increased by cutaneous stimulation of the hindpaw and perineal area, with perineal predominance. The afferent pathway of the response is composed of somatic group II, III and IV afferent nerves and the efferent nerve pathway includes the pelvic parasympathetic cholinergic vasodilator nerves. Furthermore, we briefly summarize vasodilative regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow via a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) induced by antidromic activation of group IV somatic afferent nerves. These findings in healthy but anesthetized animals may be applicable to understanding the neural mechanisms improving blood flow in various organs following clinical acupuncture.

scholarly journals Both standing and postural threat decrease Achilles’ tendon reflex inhibition from tendon electrical stimulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 595 (13) ◽  
pp. 4493-4506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian C. Horslen ◽  
J. Timothy Inglis ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Blouin ◽  
Mark G. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Reflex Inhibition ◽  
Postural Threat ◽  
Tendon Reflex
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