Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Effects of chronic tobacco smoke exposure on arterial blood pressure regulation

Effects of chronic tobacco smoke exposure on arterial blood pressure regulation DANIEL R. RICHARDSON Kentucky 40536 of Biology, Kentucky State Uniuersity, Frankfort 40601; of Physiology Biophysics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, BENNETT,~HARLES H., DANIEL R. RICHARDSON. Effects of chronic tobacco smoke exposure on arterial pressure . Am. J. Physiol. 247 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 16): H556H562, 19&L-The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of long-term consumption of tobacco smoke on arterial pressure . Male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered tobacco smoke for 6-8 mo. Two groups of animals (A B) received tobacco smoke containing different levels of nicotine (group A: high nicotine, 4 mg/cigarette; group B: low nicotine, 1 mg/cigarette), while a third group (C) served as a sham control by receiving only puffs of room air. Reflex adjustments in mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), lower body flow, lower body vascular resistance were compared between the three groups. In the anesthetized control state, no significant difference existed for the cardiovascular parameters measured in the three groups. However, perturbating the cardiovascular system by reducing central volume via a 60” head-up tilt elicited less of a fall in MAP in the two smoke groups compared with the sham group. Percent decreases in MAP follow: group A, 23%; group B, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology The American Physiological Society

Effects of chronic tobacco smoke exposure on arterial blood pressure regulation

Loading next page...
 
/lp/the-american-physiological-society/effects-of-chronic-tobacco-smoke-exposure-on-arterial-blood-pressure-roD1Bz6eEE

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
The American Physiological Society
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 the American Physiological Society
ISSN
0363-6135
eISSN
1522-1539
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

DANIEL R. RICHARDSON Kentucky 40536 of Biology, Kentucky State Uniuersity, Frankfort 40601; of Physiology Biophysics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, BENNETT,~HARLES H., DANIEL R. RICHARDSON. Effects of chronic tobacco smoke exposure on arterial pressure . Am. J. Physiol. 247 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 16): H556H562, 19&L-The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of long-term consumption of tobacco smoke on arterial pressure . Male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered tobacco smoke for 6-8 mo. Two groups of animals (A B) received tobacco smoke containing different levels of nicotine (group A: high nicotine, 4 mg/cigarette; group B: low nicotine, 1 mg/cigarette), while a third group (C) served as a sham control by receiving only puffs of room air. Reflex adjustments in mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), lower body flow, lower body vascular resistance were compared between the three groups. In the anesthetized control state, no significant difference existed for the cardiovascular parameters measured in the three groups. However, perturbating the cardiovascular system by reducing central volume via a 60” head-up tilt elicited less of a fall in MAP in the two smoke groups compared with the sham group. Percent decreases in MAP follow: group A, 23%; group B,

Journal

AJP - Heart and Circulatory PhysiologyThe American Physiological Society

Published: Oct 1, 1984

There are no references for this article.