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The effects of atropine and propranolol upon the heart rate (HR) of albino and pigmented rabbits were tested in a replicated Latin square design, (a) The unconditioned HR response to peripheral shock was usually an acceleration in rate, although on occasions decelerations were obtained, (b) There were no differences in the HR URs of pigmented and albino rabbits, (c) HR changes elicited by shock did not diminish over sessions. And (d) HR changes during drug conditions suggested that although sympathetic activation contributed to the HR UR in the rabbit, the release of vagal inhibition also accounts for a reliable proportion of this response.
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This research was supported by VA Institutional Research Funds, Project No. 5737-02.
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Kazis, E., Duncan, S. & Powell, D.A. Cholinergic and adrenergic control of heart-rate changes in the rabbit. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 3, 41–43 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333387
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