Peripheral neurogenic factors in acute and chronic alterations of arterial pressure.
Peripheral neurogenic factors in acute and chronic alterations of arterial pressure.
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.53.2.121
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发表时间:
1983-08
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
B. Zimmerman
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作者:
B. Zimmerman
FOR MANY years it has been well apreciated that the control of systemic arterial blood pressure is exerted at central as well as peripheral neural sites. Much attention has been directed recently at the central component of arterial blood pressure regulation, and numerous reviews have been devoted to this subject (see Brody et al., 1980; Chalmers, 1975; Hilton and Spyer, 1980; Palkovits and Zaborszky, 1977). Less emphasis has been placed on peripheral neurogenic influences on vascular tone relating to blood pressure regulation. One of the difficulties encountered when evaluating relative importance of peripheral or central factors is the imprecise methodology for studying them independently. Implicating a change in peripheral neurogenic function due to some intervention is often confounded by central influences. An example of this is provided if a representative change in sympathetic neural function is examined. A decrease in norepinephrine content in cardiac tissue due to DOCA-salt treatment was originally attributed to a defect in the storage capacity of the nerve vesicles of peripheral adrenergjc nerves (Krakoff et al., 1967). However, further experimentation revealed that the decreased content was due to increased turnover of norepinephrine brought about by an increase in central sympathetic outflow (De Champlain et al., 1969; Haeusler et al., 1972; Van Ameringen et al., 1977; Giachetti et al., 1979). This central mechanism is the explanation currently given for the observation of depressed adrenergic storage in DOCA-salt hypertension, rather than that of peripheral nerve impairment (Giachetti et al., 1979). Methods to study drug actions on central neurogenic function also present some difficulties. A common means to delineate the effects of agonists or antagonists upon central vasomotor function is to infuse the agents into the ventricular system, either intracerebroventricularly or intracisternally. Because of the relatively small volumes into which such infusions are made, unphysiologically high concentrations of these agents are often reached, and therefore conclusions drawn from these experiments must be made cautiously. Access to the central vasomotor areas via the vertebral and carotid arteries is also utilized. However, drugs, even if given in low doses, recirculate into the systemic vascular beds and may exert direct effects. Control experiments must be included to establish a definite central effect. A useful means of monitoring the central sympathetic discharge is by recording preganglionic sympathetic nerve activity (Bronk et al., 1936). This technique is used routinely in acute experiments but is applied less often to conscious animals. More precise methods are needed to quantify the relative participation of central and peripheral factors on vascular neurogenic function under more physiological conditions, e.g., in awake animals.