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J Appl Physiol 58: 157-163, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 58, Issue 1 157-163, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine during a 4-day head-down bed rest

J. M. Pequignot, A. Guell, G. Gauquelin, E. Jarsaillon, G. Annat, A. Bes, L. Peyrin and C. Gharib

Head-down bed rest at an angle of 6 degrees was used as an experimental model to simulate the hemodynamic effects of microgravity, i.e., the shift of fluids from the lower to the upper part of the body. The sympathoadrenal activity during acute (from 0.5 to 10 h) and prolonged (4 days) head-down bed rest was assessed in eight healthy men (24 +/- 1 yr) by measuring epinephrine (E), norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), and methoxylated metabolite levels in their plasma and urine. Catecholamine (CA) and methoxyamine levels were essentially unaltered at any time of bed rest. Maximal changes in plasma were on the second day (D2): NE, 547 +/- 84 vs. 384 +/- 55 pg/ml; DA, 192 +/- 32 vs. 141 +/- 16 pg/ml; NS. After 24 h of bed rest, heart rate decreased from 71 +/- 1 to 63 +/- 3/min (P less than 0.01). Daily dynamic leg exercise [50% maximum O2 uptake (VO2 max)] used as a countermeasure did not alter the pattern of plasma CA during bed rest but resulted in a higher urinary NE excretion during postexercise recovery (+45% on D2; P less than 0.05). The data indicate no evident relationship between sympathoadrenal function and stimulation of cardiopulmonary receptors or neuroendocrine changes induced by central hypervolemia during head-down bed rest.


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