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J Appl Physiol 45: 40-44, 1978;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 45, Issue 1 40-44, Copyright © 1978 by American Physiological Society

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Vagal and aerosol histamine interactions on airway responses in dogs

S. H. Loring, J. M. Drazen, J. R. Snapper and R. H. Ingram Jr

Histamine aerosol was administered to 10 anesthetized paralyzed artificially ventilated dogs whose vagi were first intact, then cut, and then peripherally stimulated. Pulmonary resistance (RL) was measured and dose-response curves determined in the three conditions. The dogs were divided into two groups based on the initial response to histamine with the vagi intact. The low-dose (LD) group had a greater than or equal to 50% increase in RL when exposed to a histamine concentration of 1.0 mg/ml. The high-dose (HD) group had a greater than or equal to 50% increase in RL when exposed to an aerosol containing 3.0 mg/ml histamine or more. In both groups there was a dose-related increase in RL with histamine with the vagi intact, cut, or stimulated. In three of the LD dogs there was a greater than additive interaction between vagal stimulation and inhaled histamine, whereas in the HD dogs the interaction was at most additive. With the vagi cut, both groups had a significantly lesser histamine response. The results show that differences in histamine responsiveness between dogs is in part related to varying degrees of nonreflex histamine-vagal interaction.


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