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  • Title: Capsaicin-induced reflex fall in rat blood pressure is mediated by afferent substance P-containing neurones via a reflex centre in the brain stem.
    Author: Donnerer J, Lembeck F.
    Journal: Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol; 1983 Dec; 324(4):293-5. PubMed ID: 6198593.
    Abstract:
    Injection of 0.03 micrograms capsaicin into one femoral artery elicited a fall in blood pressure in the rat. This effect was completely and reversibly abolished following intrathecal injection of 1 nmol of the specific substance P antagonist, [D-Pro2,D-Trp7,9] substance P. The capsaicin-evoked depressor reflex is therefore exclusively mediated by substance P-containing primary afferent fibres. Using spinal rats or decerebration experiments, the centre of the capsaicin-evoked reflex fall in blood pressure could be localized in the brain stem.
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