Journal article
Sympathetic responses to cardiopulmonary vagal afferent stimulation during development
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, Vol.277(4), pp.H1311-H1316
10/01/1999
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.4.H1311
PMID: 10516165
Abstract
Previous work in our laboratory has demonstrated impairment of cardiopulmonary reflex control of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) during the newborn period. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that this delayed maturation is secondary to incomplete central integration of vagal afferent input. Term fetal (135–140 days; n = 6), newborn (3–7 days of age; n = 8), and young adult (6–8 wk old; n = 8) sheep anesthetized with α-chloralose underwent vagal afferent nerve stimulation. All animals had undergone prior sinoaortic denervation to eliminate influences from the arterial baroreceptors. After determination of optimal stimulation parameters, RSNA responses to gradual increases in stimulation frequency (1.0–16 Hz) were recorded and compared by one-way ANOVA. RSNA decreased progressively with increased frequency of stimulation in all three groups of animals. When comparing the three groups at any given frequency of stimulation, reflex withdrawal of RSNA tended to be more pronounced in newborn lambs ( P< 0.05 for 1 and 4 Hz). Heart rate (HR) was also noted to decrease significantly with vagal afferent stimulation in each of the groups, but no significant differences in the reflex decreases in HR were noted among the three groups of animals. These results demonstrate that central integration of vagal afferent input is intact in fetal and newborn sheep. These results suggest that the delayed maturation of cardiopulmonary reflex-mediated changes in RSNA seen early in development appears to depend on intrinsic alterations in baroreceptor function rather than incomplete central integration.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Sympathetic responses to cardiopulmonary vagal afferent stimulation during development
- Creators
- David C. Merrill - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsJeffrey L. Segar - University of IowaOliva J. McWeeny - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsJean E. Robillard - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, Vol.277(4), pp.H1311-H1316
- DOI
- 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.4.H1311
- PMID
- 10516165
- ISSN
- 0363-6135
- eISSN
- 1522-1539
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/1999
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Medicine Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984773402902771
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