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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 275: H1115-H1121, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 4, H1115-H1121, October 1998

Augmented renal sympathetic nerve activity by central command during overground locomotion in decerebrate cats

Kanji Matsukawa, Jun Murata, and Tetsuya Wada

Department of Physiology, Institute of Health Sciences, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan

We examined whether the cerebrum is essential for producing the rapid autonomic adjustment at the onset of spontaneous overground locomotion. Renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA), mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), and electromyogram of the forelimb triceps brachialis were measured when freely moving, decerebrate cats spontaneously produced overground locomotion, supporting body weight. Decerebration was performed at the level of the precollicular-premammillary body. RSNA increased 95 ± 14 impulses/s (68 ± 10% of baseline value) at the onset of spontaneous locomotion, which was followed by rises in MAP and HR (7 ± 1 mmHg and 18 ± 2 beats/min, respectively). Concomitantly with the MAP rise, RSNA declined toward control values and then increased again during the subsequent period of locomotion. The same rapid increase in RSNA at the onset of locomotion was observed after sinoaortic denervation and vagotomy. It is concluded that some central site(s), other than the cerebrum and the rostral part of the diencephalon, can generate the centrally induced autonomic adjustment at the onset of spontaneous overground locomotion, which is independent of arterial baroreceptor and vagal afferents.

heart rate; arterial blood pressure; cerebrum; sinoaortic denervation; vagotomy


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