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J Appl Physiol 73: 1504-1509, 1992;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 73, Issue 4 1504-1509, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Rat cardiovascular responses to whole body suspension: head-down and non-head-down tilt

X. J. Musacchia, J. M. Steffen and J. Dombrowski
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

The rat whole body suspension technique mimics responses seen during exposure to microgravity and was evaluated as a model for cardiovascular responses with two series of experiments. In one series, changes were monitored in chronically catheterized rats during 7 days of head-down tilt (HDT) or non-head-down tilt (N-HDT) and after several hours of recovery. Elevations of mean arterial (MAP), systolic, and diastolic pressures of approximately 20% (P < 0.05) in HDT rats began as early as day 1 and were maintained for the duration of suspension. Pulse pressures were relatively unaffected, but heart rates were elevated approximately 10%. During postsuspension (2-7 h), most cardiovascular parameters returned to presuspension levels. N-HDT rats exhibited elevations chiefly on days 3 and 7. In the second series, blood pressure was monitored in 1- and 3-day HDT and N-HDT rats to evaluate responses to rapid head-up tilt. MAP, systolic and diastolic pressures, and HR were elevated (P < 0.05) in HDT and N-HDT rats during head-up tilt after 1 day of suspension, while pulse pressures remained unchanged. HDT rats exhibited elevated pretilt MAP and failed to respond to rapid head-up tilt with further increase of MAP on day 3, indicating some degree of deconditioning. The whole body suspended rat may be useful as a model to better understand responses of rats exposed to microgravity.


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