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J Appl Physiol 94: 709-715, 2003; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00554.2002
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Vol. 94, Issue 2, 709-715, February 2003

Role of the autonomic nervous system in push-pull gravitational stress in anesthetized rats

Amy L. Hakeman and Don D. Sheriff

Department of Exercise Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Tolerance to +Gz stress is reduced by preceding exposure to -Gz (push-pull effect). The mechanism(s) responsible for this effect are not fully understood, although the arterial baroreceptor reflexes have been implicated. We investigated the integrative response of the autonomic nervous system by studying responses to gravitational stress before and after autonomic function was inhibited by hexamethonium in 10 isoflurane-anesthetized male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. Animals were restrained supine and subjected to two rotations imposed about the x-axis: 1) a control G profile consisting of rotation from 0 Gz (+1 Gy) to 90° head-up tilt (+1 Gz) for 10 s and 2) a push-pull G profile consisting of rotation from 0 Gz to 90° head-down tilt (-1 Gz) for 2 s immediately preceding 10 s of +1 Gz stress. Eight G profiles consisting of equal numbers of control and push-pull trials were imposed by using a counterbalanced design. We found that hexamethonium lowered baseline arterial pressure and abolished the push-pull effect. The lack of a push-pull effect after autonomic blockade persisted when arterial pressure was restored to baseline levels by phenylephrine infusion. Lowering baseline arterial pressure by sodium nitroprusside infusion or by hemorrhage when autonomic function was intact also abolished the push-pull effect. We conclude that intact autonomic function and a normal baseline arterial pressure are needed for expression of the push-pull effect in anesthetized rats subjected to tilting.

hexamethonium; orthostatic stress; Gz; tilt; cerebral perfusion pressure; hypergravity; hypogravity; microgravity; arterial blood pressure; baroreceptor reflexes


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