Abstract
Electrical stimulation of a canine vagosympathetic complex or a cardiopulmonary nerve can elicit a variety of negative chronotropic and inotropic cardiac responses, with or without alterations in systemic arterial pressure. In the period immediately following cessation of such a stimulation "rebound" tachycardia, increased inotropism above control values in one or more regions of the heart, and (or) elevation in systemic arterial pressure can occur. These "rebound" phenomena are abolished by propranolol or ipsilateral chronic sympathectomy. It is proposed that "vagal" poststimulation "rebound" of the canine cardiovascular system is primarily the result of activation of sympathetic neural elements present in the vagosympathetic complexes or cardiopulmonary nerves.
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