The chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) is an area of the medulla oblongata that receives inputs from blood-borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with...

A chemoreceptor, also known as chemosensor, is a specialized sensory receptor which transduces a chemical substance (endogenous or induced) to generate...

described triggering of epileptic seizure by electrical stimulation of another area of the cerebral cortex. The chemoreceptor trigger zone is within the...

important role for triggering the vomiting act. The vomiting act encompasses three types of outputs initiated by the chemoreceptor trigger zone: Motor, parasympathetic...

medication provides relief from nausea by blocking D2 receptors in the chemoreceptor trigger zone and from gastrointestinal symptoms by blocking D2 receptors in...

antidopaminergic effects, but blocks opioid emetic action in the chemoreceptor trigger zone. This drug is not available in the U.S. Some antihistamines with...

perception of suffocation if carbon dioxide levels get too high. The chemoreceptor trigger zone is an area of the medulla in the brain that receives inputs from...

both peripherally on vagal nerve terminals and centrally in the chemoreceptor trigger zone of the area postrema in the medulla. Serotonin is released by...

for humoral and neural signals by means of its function as a chemoreceptor trigger zone for vomiting in response to emetic drugs. It is a densely vascularized...

drugs. Hyoscine butylbromide is still capable of affecting the chemoreceptor trigger zone, due to the lack of a well-developed blood-brain barrier in the...

the gastric mucosa and centrally by stimulating the medullary chemoreceptor trigger zone to induce vomiting.[citation needed] Ipecac has been found to...

the fourth ventricle of the brain represent the chemoreceptor trigger zone. The chemoreceptor trigger zone contains dopamine D2 receptors, serotonin 5-HT3...

Apomorphine causes vomiting by acting on dopamine receptors in the chemoreceptor trigger zone of the medulla; this activates the nearby vomiting center. While...

emotional triggers such as anxiety. The supratentorial region is also responsible for the sensation of nausea. Chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ): The...

postrema in the medulla of the brainstem, in a region known as the chemoreceptor trigger zone. This area contains a large population of type D2 dopamine receptors...

Nucleus ambiguus Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve Hypoglossal nucleus Chemoreceptor trigger zone Pontine nuclei Pontine cranial nerve nuclei Chief or pontine nucleus...

cerebrospinal fluid. This structure contains receptors which form a chemoreceptor trigger zone. Some of the receptors and neurotransmitters involved in the regulation...

the blood is increased. This activates 5-HT3 receptors in the chemoreceptor trigger zone that stimulate vomiting. Thus, drugs and toxins stimulate serotonin...

for various reasons. Firstly, they directly irritate chemoreceptors in the chemoreceptor trigger zone in the brain. Secondly, they increase gastrinsecretion...

excitability and vestibular stimulation, and it may affect the medullary chemoreceptor trigger zone. The drug has been shown to reduce the magnitude of the vestibulo-ocular...

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to ensure patient safety. General anesthetics also affect the chemoreceptor trigger zone and brainstem vomiting center, eliciting nausea and vomiting following...

Area postrema, the part of the brain that controls vomiting Chemoreceptor trigger zone, the part of the area postrema that relays signals through the...

activity at D2 receptors in the chemoreceptor trigger zone in the brain — this action prevents nausea and vomiting triggered by most stimuli. At higher doses...

contribute to nausea and vomiting by acting on the highly sensitive chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) located in the area postrema in the medulla oblangata, although...

may have effects directly on the vestibular system and on the chemoreceptor trigger zone. Cyclizine exerts a central anticholinergic (antimuscarinic) action...

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an antagonist of the D2 receptor. It is believed to affect the chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) of the medulla oblongata to suppress nausea and vomiting...

contact with a range of receptors on cellular elements in the chemoreceptor trigger zone, located in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain (area...

maropitant in rats. Vomiting is caused when impulses from the chemoreceptor trigger zone (CRTZ) in the brain are sent to the vomiting center in the medulla...