Regulation of salivary gland function by autonomic nerves
GB Proctor, GH Carpenter - Autonomic Neuroscience, 2007 - Elsevier
Oral homeostasis is dependent upon saliva and its content of proteins. Reflex salivary flow
occurs at a low 'resting'rate and for short periods of the day more intense taste or chewing
stimuli evoke up to ten fold increases in salivation. The secretion of salivary fluid and
proteins is controlled by autonomic nerves. All salivary glands are supplied by cholinergic
parasympathetic nerves which release acetylcholine that binds to M3 and (to a lesser extent)
M1 muscarinic receptors, evoking the secretion of saliva by acinar cells in the endpieces of …
occurs at a low 'resting'rate and for short periods of the day more intense taste or chewing
stimuli evoke up to ten fold increases in salivation. The secretion of salivary fluid and
proteins is controlled by autonomic nerves. All salivary glands are supplied by cholinergic
parasympathetic nerves which release acetylcholine that binds to M3 and (to a lesser extent)
M1 muscarinic receptors, evoking the secretion of saliva by acinar cells in the endpieces of …
