“…Briefly, we believe that this method of evoking the CCR with increasing doses of PBG, which activate only a subset of CCR afferents, is a good, well controlled experimental tool widely accepted in the field (Cao and Morrison, 2000;Dias et al, 2005;Ditting et al, 2006;Veelken et al, 1993;Higuchi et al, 1988;Kashihara et al, 2003;Salo et al, 2007;Scislo and DiCarlo, 1994;Scislo et al, 1993). Selective activation of serotonin 5HT 3 receptors on polymodal vagal afferents from cardiopulmonary area dissects the activation of CCR from other reflexes and humoral mechanisms which may be triggered by cardiac ischemia which is known to naturally activate the CCR (Lupinski et al, 2011;Rocha et al, 2003;Schultz, 2001;Hainsworth, 1991;Burnstock et al, 1988;Oei et al, 1983). Although we could not distinguish between adrenal nerve fibers supplying adrenergic vs. noradrenergic chromafin cells in the adrenal medulla it has been shown previously that both these types of adrenal nerve fibers are similarly inhibited by activation of the CCR (Cao and Morrison, 2000).…”