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J Dent Res 51(6): 1642-1645, 1972
© 1972 International and American Associations for Dental Research
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Light Deprivation and Parotid Flow in the Human

IRA L. SHANNON 1, RALPH P. FELLER 1, and RICHARD P. SUDDICK 1

1 Veterans Administration Oral Physiology Research Laboratory, University of Texas Dental Branch and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, USA and Creighton University School of Dentistry, Omaha, Nebraska

The unstimulated parotid saliva flow rate decreased significantly from 0.057 to 0.014 ml/minute when subjects were blindfolded. It is suggested that photic stimulation of retinal receptors induces sympathetic neuronal activity, which may be responsible for maintaining resting parotid flow in the human.

Submitted on December 17, 1971






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