A pressor response to vibration in conscious rats.

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Abstract
Cardiovascular response in an alerted state induced by vibration was studied in conscious rats by giving a to-and-fro movement to their cages for 30 s. Cardiac output, superior mesenteric flow, and hindquarter flow were observed with chronically implanted electromagnetic flow probes and arterial pressure with an indwelling catheter. Arterial pressure, heart rate, cardiac output and hindquater flow increased and superior mesenteric flow decreased with vibration. The increase in heart rate was still present after adrenalectomy, but was abolished by .beta.-adrenoceptor blockade propranolol. The increase in hindquarter flow was greatly diminished by propranolol or after adrenalectomy, but was still present in adrenalectomized rats after .alpha.-adrenoceptor blockade phentolamine. The decrease in superior mesenteric flow in vibration was abolished by phentolamine. It was diminished by adrenalectomy. The cardiovascular response to vibration includes excitation of the cardiac sympathetic nerves, adrenomedullary secretion and excitation of sympathetic vasoconstrictor fibers and exercise hyperemia in skeletal muscles.

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