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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 280: H237-H245, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 1, H237-H245, January 2001

Cardiac vagal and sympathetic efferent discharges are differentially modified by stretch of skeletal muscle

Jun Murata and Kanji Matsukawa

Department of Physiology, Institute of Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Faculty of Medicine, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City 734-8551, Japan

We directly measured cardiac vagal efferent nerve activity (CVNA) and cardiac sympathetic efferent nerve activity (CSNA) in cats decerebrated at the level of the precollicular-premammillary body while the hindlimb or the triceps surae muscle was passively stretched. CVNA gradually decreased during passive stretch of the hindlimb, and this decrease was sustained throughout the stretch. CSNA increased at the onset of passive stretch, but this increase was not sustained. CVNA and CSNA responded differentially to graded passive stretches of the triceps surae muscle as well as the hindlimb. The sustained decrease in CVNA but not the initial increase in CSNA became greater depending on muscle length and developed tension. The time course and direction of the cardiac autonomic responses to muscle stretch were not affected by partial sinoaortic denervation, although the magnitude of the CSNA response was augmented. We conclude that the muscle mechanoreflex contributes to differential regulation of cardiac parasympathetic and sympathetic efferent discharges during passive stretch of skeletal muscle irrespective of arterial baroreceptor input.

decerebrate cats; partial sinoaortic denervation; muscle mechanoreflex


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