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| TSUJITA,MIKI; SAKURABA,SHIGEKI; KURIBAYASHI,JUNYA; HOSOKAWA,YUKI; HATORI,EIKI; OKADA,YASUMASA; KASHIWAGI,MASANORI; TAKEDA,JUNZO; KUWANA,SHUN-ICHI. |
| Morphine is often used in cancer pain and postoperative analgesic management but induces respiratory depression. Therefore, there is an ongoing search for drug candidates that can antagonize morphine-induced respiratory depression but have no effect on morphine-induced analgesia. Acetylcholine is an excitatory neurotransmitter in central respiratory control and physostigmine antagonizes morphine-induced respiratory depression. However, physostigmine has not been applied in clinical practice because it has a short action time, among other characteristics. We therefore asked whether donepezil (a long-acting acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease) can antagonize morphine-induced respiratory depression. Using the... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Morphine; Donepezil; Rabbit; Respiratory depression; Alzheimer's disease; Cholinesterase inhibitor. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602007000400008 |
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| SAKURABA,SHIGEKI; KUWANA,SHUN-ICHI; ERIKSSON,LARS I; OKADA,YASUMASA; OCHIAI,RYOICHI; KASHIWAGI,MASANORI; HATORI,EIKI; LINDAHL,STEN G. E.; TAKEDA,JUNZO. |
| Neuromuscular blocking agents suppress central respiratory activity through their inhibitory effects on preinspiratory neurons and the synaptic drive from preinspiratory neurons to inspiratory neurons. Central CO2-chemosensitive areas, which partly consist of CO2-excited neurons, in the rostral ventrolateral medulla are thought to provide tonic drive to the central respiratory network and involve cholinergic mechanisms, which led us to hypothesize that neuromuscular blocking agents can inhibit CO2-excited neurons and attenuate respiratory CO2 responsiveness. To test this hypothesis, we used isolated brainstem-spinal cord preparations from newborn rats. The increase of C4 burst frequency induced by a hypercapnic superfusate, i.e. respiratory CO2... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Brainstem; Chemosensitivity; CO2 responsiveness; Muscle relaxant; Nicotinic acetylcholine. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602005000200012 |
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