PMID- 3561171 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870521 LR - 20190701 IS - 0024-3205 (Print) IS - 0024-3205 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 17 DP - 1987 Apr 27 TI - Central muscarinic control of the pattern of small intestinal motility in rats. PG - 1709-15 AB - The effects of central and peripheral administration of muscarinic agonists and antagonists on small intestinal motility were examined in conscious rats chronically fitted with electrodes implanted in the duodeno-jejunal wall and a cannula in a cerebral lateral ventricle. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of either atropine or pirenzepine at doses from 1 to 10 micrograms, 15 min before a 3 and 6 g lab chow meal significantly reduced the duration of the postprandial disruption of the migrating myoelectric complexes (MMC). The reduction was significantly greater for atropine, a mixed M1 and M2 muscarinic receptor antagonist, than for pirenzepine, an antagonist with a high affinity for M1 receptors. At a higher dose (10 micrograms) intra peritoneal (i.p.) administration of atropine or pirenzepine did not modify the postprandial disruption of MMC. Oxotremorine (10 ng) a M2 agonist, but not McNeil A343 (5 micrograms), a selective M1 agonist, given i.c.v. in fasted rats disrupted for 1.5 h the MMC pattern. At the same doses given i.p. oxotremorine and McNeil A343 disrupted the MMC for 15 and 45 min respectively. We conclude that the postprandial changes in the small intestinal motility involve muscarinic receptors, mainly of M2 subtype, at the level of the central nervous system. FAU - Fargeas, M J AU - Fargeas MJ FAU - Fioramonti, J AU - Fioramonti J FAU - Bueno, L AU - Bueno L LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Life Sci JT - Life sciences JID - 0375521 RN - 0 (Receptors, Muscarinic) RN - 3G0285N20N (Pirenzepine) RN - 5RY0UWH1JL (Oxotremorine) RN - 7C0697DR9I (Atropine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Atropine/pharmacology MH - Brain/physiology MH - Electromyography MH - *Gastrointestinal Motility/drug effects MH - Injections, Intraperitoneal MH - Injections, Intraventricular MH - Intestine, Small/physiology MH - Male MH - Oxotremorine/pharmacology MH - Parasympathetic Nervous System/physiology MH - Pirenzepine/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Receptors, Muscarinic/drug effects/*physiology EDAT- 1987/04/27 00:00 MHDA- 1987/04/27 00:01 CRDT- 1987/04/27 00:00 PHST- 1987/04/27 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/04/27 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/04/27 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0024-3205(87)90021-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/0024-3205(87)90021-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Life Sci. 1987 Apr 27;40(17):1709-15. doi: 10.1016/0024-3205(87)90021-x.