Author:
Chapadeiro E.,Florêncio R.F.C.,Afonso P.C.,Beraldo P.S.S.,Jesus P.C. de,Junqueira Jr. L.F.
Abstract
Ten male Wistar rats, chronically infected with Colombian, São Felipe (12SF) and Y strains of Trypanosoma cruzi and ten non-infected control animals were submitted to the bradycardia responsiveness test, an assessment of heart parasympathetic function, after phenylephrine injection. Six chagasic animals showed heart parasympathetic dysfuntion characterized by reduction in the index of bradycardia baroreflex responsiveness, as compared with the control group. Microscopic examination of the atrial heart ganglia of chagasic rats showed ganglionitis, but no statiscally significant reduction in the number of neurons.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,General Medicine
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