Sympathetic control of the cerebral vasculature in humans.
Sympathetic control of the cerebral vasculature in humans.
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DOI:
10.1161/strokeaha.109.557132
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发表时间:
2010-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Taylor JA
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作者:
Hamner JW;Tan CO;Lee K;Cohen MA;Taylor JA
The role of the sympathetic nervous system in cerebral autoregulation remains poorly characterized. We examined cerebral blood flow responses to augmented arterial pressure oscillations with and without sympathetic blockade and compared them to responses in the forearm circulation. 40 mmHg oscillatory lower body negative pressure (OLBNP) was used at six frequencies from 0.03 to 0.08 Hz in 11 healthy subjects with and without alpha-adrenergic blockade via phentolamine. Sympathetic blockade resulted in unchanged mean pressure and cerebral flow. The transfer function relationship to arterial pressure at frequencies greater than 0.05 Hz were significantly increased in both the cerebral and brachial circulations, but the coherence of the relation remained weak at the lowest frequencies in the cerebral circulation. Our data demonstrate a strong, frequency dependent role for sympathetic regulation of blood flow in both cerebral and brachial circulations. However, marked differences in the response to blockade suggest the control of the cerebral circulation at longer time scales is characterized by important non-linearities and relies upon regulatory mechanisms other than the sympathetic system.