Journal article
Selective central alpha-2 adrenoceptor control of regional haemodynamic responses to air jet stress in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats
Journal of hypertension, Vol.7(3), pp.189-194
03/1989
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-198903000-00004
PMID: 2540234
Abstract
The role of central nervous system α2-adrenoceptors in the regulation of peripheral sympathetic outflow to regional vascular resistance beds during environmental stress was examined in conscious chronically instrumented spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). SHR were instrumented with pulsed Doppler flow probes on the renal and mesenteric arteries and the lower abdominal aorta. The mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate and regional vascular resistance responses to air jet stress were determined before and after cumulative administration of the α2-adrenoceptor agonist, guanabenz, into the lateral cerebral ventricle in doses of 5 and 25μg. Compared with intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of isotonic saline vehicle which did not affect baseline systemic and regional haemodynamic measurements, guanabenz produced significant decreases in baseline MAP and heart rate but did not affect regional vascular resistances. During air jet stress, the characteristic pattern of the classic defense reaction with an increase in MAP, heart rate, renal and mesenteric vascular resistances and a decrease in hindquarters vascular resistance was observed and was not affected by i.c.v. administration of isotonic saline vehicle. Guanabenz did not affect the MAP, heart rate or renal vascular resistance responses to air jet stress. The air jet stress-induced increase in mesenteric vascular resistance was reduced by 25 μg guanabenz. The air jet stress-induced decrease in hindquarters vascular resistance was converted to an increase by 25 μg guanabenz. These results demonstrate that the regulation of environmental stress-stimulated sympathetic neural outflow to different vascular beds may be independently controlled by central nervous system α2-adrenoceptors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Selective central alpha-2 adrenoceptor control of regional haemodynamic responses to air jet stress in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats
- Creators
- Daniel Kapusta - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Psychology and †Pharmacology, University of Iowa and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAStein KnardahlJohn KoepkeAlan JohnsonGerald DiBona
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of hypertension, Vol.7(3), pp.189-194
- Publisher
- Lippincott-Raven Publishers
- DOI
- 10.1097/00004872-198903000-00004
- PMID
- 2540234
- ISSN
- 0263-6352
- eISSN
- 1473-5598
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1989
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Health and Human Physiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984214757502771
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