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J Appl Physiol 79: 1346-1350, 1995;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 79, Issue 4 1346-1350, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Phenyl biguanide does not inhibit locomotion in conscious rabbits

K. P. O'Hagan, R. S. Anderson, L. B. Bell, S. W. Mittelstadt and P. S. Clifford
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.

Stimulation of cardiopulmonary vagal C fibers with phenyl biguanide (PBG) reflexly inhibits locomotion in addition to causing depression of blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and respiration in cats and rats. We investigated whether PBG caused somatomotor inhibition during exercise in the rabbit, a species in which it is known that the hemodynamic and respiratory responses to PBG are mediated by cardiac rather than by pulmonary receptors. In eight New Zealand White rabbits, BP, HR, and hindlimb electromyographic (EMG) responses to 60 and 120 micrograms/kg PBG and saline vehicle were evaluated during two separate 3-min exercise bouts at 10 m/min at 0% grade. During exercise, 60 micrograms/kg PBG decreased BP (-27 +/- 4 mmHg) and HR (-95 +/- 16 beats/min) but did not inhibit locomotion as suggested by the EMG response (+112 +/- 8% of preinfusion EMG). Hemodynamic and EMG responses to 120 micrograms/kg PBG were similar to 60 micrograms/kg PBG. Saline infusion during exercise had no effect on HR, BP, or locomotion (+114 +/- 8% of preinfusion EMG). Locomotion is not inhibited by PBG in rabbits, which suggests that PBG-induced reflex somatomotor inhibition observed in other species is primarily mediated by pulmonary rather than by cardiac receptors.


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