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Clinical Trial
. 1989 Nov;28(5):545-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1989.tb03540.x.

The effect of the circadian rhythm of vagal activity on bronchomotor tone in asthma

J F Morrison  1 , S B Pearson
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Clinical Trial

The effect of the circadian rhythm of vagal activity on bronchomotor tone in asthma

J F Morrison et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1989 Nov.

Abstract

1. The effect of the diurnal activity of the parasympathetic nervous system on bronchomotor tone and heart rate was studied in seven asthmatics with nocturnal asthma using both intravenous atropine and nebulised ipratropium at 04.00 h and 16.00 h. 2. A diurnal variation in vagal activity was demonstrated with higher vagal activity occurring at night. 3. There was a strong correlation between the initial response of both airway calibre and heart rate to vagal block both at 04.00 h and 16.00 h. However the duration of bronchodilation after vagal block was greater than with the heart rate suggesting differing sensitivities of pulmonary and cardiac muscarinic receptors to anticholinergic antagonists. 4. The bronchodilation seen after ipratropium was less than that after atropine suggesting that the intravenous route is preferable to study the physiological effect of vagal block in vivo.

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