Research Article

Influence of Intragastric Administration of Traditional Japanese Medicine, Ninjin’Yoeito, on Cerebral Blood Flow via Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors

Table 1

Summary of the experimental protocol.

Experiment #RecordingConditionn

Experiment 1Resting CBFNerves intact17
Experiment 2Resting CBFVagotomized7
Vagotomized + spinalized2
Experiment 3Resting CBFVagotomized + ATR6
Experiment 4Brushing stimulation-evoked CBF changeNerves intact6

Arterial blood pressure was recorded in 10 animals. CBF recording was conducted following the recording in vagotomized condition was completed (experiment 2). Data of one mouse was excluded as the mouse vomited during recording.