MICRO-VASCULAR RAREFACTION IN SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT CREMASTER MUSCLE
MICRO-VASCULAR RAREFACTION IN SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT CREMASTER MUSCLE
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1981.241.3.h306
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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DOWELL, RF
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作者:
CHEN, IIH;PREWITT, RL;DOWELL, RF
Neural and local vascular effects on vessel length and surface area per unit volume were studied in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) by quantitative stereology. Fourteen SHR and 14 WKY (70-130 g) were anesthetized with chloralose-urethane and the cremaster muscle was exposed for microscopic observation. The large arterioles entering the muscle were termed the 1st order, and consecutive branches were termed 2nd-, 3rd and 4th-order arterioles. Data were collected in 3 consecutive states: innervated, denervated and vasodilated with nitroprusside. The 3rd- and 4th-order arteriole and capillary lengths per unit volume in the SHR were less than those of the WKY in all 3 states. The vessel surface area per unit volume was also reduced in the SHR. Denervation and sodium nitroprusside (Nipride) resulted in larger percent increases in vessel length and surface area in the SHR than in the WKY. In the SHR cremaster muscle there are fewer terminal arterioles and capillaries anatomically present, and, under resting conditions, a greater percentage but similar absolute number of them are closed to flow.