Journal article
Is there a threshold duration of vascular occlusion for hindlimb reactive hyperemia?
Journal of applied physiology (1985), Vol.99(4), pp.1272-1277
10/2005
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00428.2005
PMID: 16160019
Abstract
Relatively brief changes in perfusion pressure and flow through arterioles occur in a number of conditions, such as in the flying environment and during such common everyday activities such as bending forward at the waist. Also, brief periods of negative vertical acceleration (G(z)) stress, which reduces perfusion in the lower body, has been shown to impair the regulation of arterial pressure during subsequent positive G(z) stress. To examine the contribution that reactive hyperemia makes in these settings, studies on the hindlimb circulation of anesthetized rats (n = 8) were carried out by imposing graded duration vascular occlusion (1, 2, 4, 10, and 30 s) to test the hypothesis that there is a threshold duration of reduction in perfusion that must be exceeded for reactive hyperemia to be triggered. Vascular conductance responses to 1 s of terminal aortic occlusion were no different before and after myogenic responses were blocked with nifedipine, indicating that 1 s of occlusion failed to elicit reactive hyperemia. Two seconds of occlusion elicited a small but significant elevation in hindlimb vascular conductance. The magnitude of the reactive hyperemia was graded in direct relation to the duration of occlusion for the 2-, 4-, and 10-s periods of occlusion and appeared to be approaching a plateau for the 30-s occlusion. Thus there is a threshold duration of terminal aortic occlusion (approximately 2 s) required to elicit reactive hyperemia in the hindlimbs of anesthetized rats, and the reactive hyperemia that results possesses a threat to the regulation of arterial pressure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Is there a threshold duration of vascular occlusion for hindlimb reactive hyperemia?
- Creators
- Jennifer Rogers - University of IowaDon D Sheriff
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied physiology (1985), Vol.99(4), pp.1272-1277
- DOI
- 10.1152/japplphysiol.00428.2005
- PMID
- 16160019
- ISSN
- 8750-7587
- eISSN
- 1522-1601
- Grant note
- HL-46314 / NHLBI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2005
- Academic Unit
- Health and Human Physiology; Athletic Training Program
- Record Identifier
- 9984267152402771
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