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Regional difference of blood flow in anesthetized rats during reduced gravity induced by parabolic flight

Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Submitted 23 March 2005 ; accepted in final form 28 July 2005

To examine a hypothesis that change in regional blood flow due to decreased hydrostatic pressure gradient and redistribution of blood during reduced gravity (rG) is different between organs, changes in cerebrocortical blood flow (CBF) and blood flow in the temporal muscle (MBF) with exposure to rG were measured in anesthetized rats in head-up tilt and flat positions during parabolic flight. Carotid arterial pressure (CAP), jugular venous pressure (JVP), and abdominal aortic pressure were also measured simultaneously. In the head-up tilt group, CBF increased by 15 ± 3% within 3 s of entry into rG and rapidly recovered during rG. MBF also increased, but the change was significantly greater than that of CBF. JVP increased by 1.8 ± 0.5 mmHg, probably due to loss of hydrostatic pressure gradient, since the measuring point of JVP was 2–3 cm above the hydrostatic indifference point. CAP and abdominal aortic pressure increased by 16.7 ± 2 and 7.7 ± 2 mmHg, respectively, compared with the 1-G condition. Muscle vascular resistance [(CAP – JVP)/MBF] decreased on entry into rG, but no significant change was observed in cerebrocortical vascular resistance [(CAP – JVP)/CBF]. In the flat group, no significant change was observed in all the variables. The results indicate that arteriolar vasodilatation occurs in the temporal muscle but not in the cerebral cortex. Thus the blood flow control mechanism at the onset of rG is different between intra- and extracranial organs.

cerebral blood flow; cerebral perfusion pressure; muscle blood flow; carotid arterial pressure; head-up tilt

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