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DAILY EXERCISE ATTENUATED THE SYMPATHETIC COMPONENT OF THE SPONTANEOUS ARTERIAL BAROREFLEX CONTROL OF HEART RATE IN HYPERTENSIVE RATS

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Pages 607-622 | Received 21 Oct 1999, Accepted 10 Mar 2000, Published online: 21 Aug 2000
 

Abstract

The influence of daily spontaneous running on the sympathetic and parasympathetic components of the spontaneous arterial baroreflex control of heart rate was examined in 22 female spontaneously hypertensive rats [12 sedentary and 10 daily spontaneous running]. Following 8 weeks of sedentary control or daily spontaneous running, animals were chronically instrumented with an arterial catheter. Daily spontaneous running resulted in an increased heart weight/body weight ratio (5.2±0.27 vs 4.3±0.01 g/kg) and a resting bradycardia (321±8 bpm vs 360±6). The spontaneous changes in arterial pressure and the reflex responses of heart rate were examined under three experimental conditions: 1) pre-blockade, 2) following β1-adrenergic receptor blockade, and 3) following muscarinic-cholinergic receptor blockade. Daily spontaneous running attenuated the spontaneous gain of the arterial baroreflex control of heart rate (56%). After muscarinic-cholinergic receptor blockade, the spontaneous gain remained reduced in daily spontaneous running rats (57%). In contrast, after β1-adrenergic receptor blockade the spontaneous gain was not different between sedentary control and daily spontaneous running animals. Results demonstrate that daily spontaneous running decreased the sympathetic component resulting in an apparently greater influence of the parasympathetic component on the spontaneous arterial baroreflex control of heart rate.

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