Properties of afferent nerve fibres supplying the saphenous vein in the cat

• Published in: The Journal of physiology Vol. 474; no. 2; pp. 233 - 243
• Main Authors: MICHAELIS, M, GÖDER, R, HÄBLER, H.-J, JÄNIG, W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford The Physiological Society 15.01.1994; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Bradykinin - pharmacology; Cats; Cold Temperature; Electric Stimulation; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mechanoreceptors - physiology; Nerve Fibers - drug effects; Nerve Fibers - physiology; Neural Conduction - drug effects; Neural Conduction - physiology; Neurons, Afferent - drug effects; Neurons, Afferent - physiology; Nociceptors - drug effects; Nociceptors - physiology; Physical Stimulation; Reflex - drug effects; Reflex - physiology; Saline Solution, Hypertonic; Saphenous Vein - drug effects; Saphenous Vein - innervation; Somesthesis and somesthetic pathways (proprioception, exteroception, nociception); interoception; electrolocation. Sensory receptors; Space life sciences; Stimulation, Chemical; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Peripheral nervous system; Nociception; Fissipedia; Nerve fiber A; Carnivora; Receptive field; Discharge pattern; Electrophysiology; Nerve fiber C; Vertebrata; Nociceptor; Mammalia; Saphenous vein; Blood vessel; Cat; Sensitive nerve fiber; Mechanical stimulus; Chemical stimulus

1. We examined the responses of primary afferent neurones supplying a vascularly isolated segment of the saphenous vein to mechanical and chemical stimuli in anaesthetized cats. Activity was recorded from centrally cut axons of afferent nerve fibres which were isolated from the saphenous nerve near...