| Antagonism of xylazine-induced hypotensive effect by yohimbine in rabbits |
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Dong-ho Shin |
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College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University |
| 가토(家兎)에서 xylazine의 혈압하강(血壓下降) 효과(效果)에 대한 yohimbine의 길항작용(拮抗作用) |
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신동호 |
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전남대학교 수의과대학 |
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| Abstract |
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Xylazine is commonly used for anesthesia in veterinary medicine and various adverse effects are developed. To examine if the severe hypotensive response associated with xylazine-induced anesthesia might be resulted from the stimulation of presynaptic alpha-2 adrenoceptors or the increase of vagal tone, effects of yohimbine, atropine and atropine with vagotomy on xylazine-induced severe and long-lasting hypotensive responses were investigated in rabbits. The results were summarized as follows: 1) Intravenously injected xylazine(1mg/kg)-induced hypotensive responses were inhibited by yohimbine(p<0.001). 2) Intravenously injected xylazine(1mg/kg)-induced hypotensive responses were not changed by atropine. 3) Intravenously administered xylazine(1mg/kg)-induced hypotensive responses are not changed by atropine with vagotomy. These results indicate that xylazine is thought to cause severe hypotensive response during anesthesia primarily by stimulating presynaptic alpha-2 adrenoceptors and other receptors or mechanisms may participate in the hgpotensive response of xylazine. |
| Key Words:
xylazine, yohimbine, atropine, hypotensive response |
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