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Regional sciatic nerve blood flow response to limb movement.

H Sugimoto, W W Monafo, S Shimazaki

    The American Journal of Physiology
    |February 1, 1987
    PubMed
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    Sciatic nerve blood flow (NBF) significantly increases during direct nerve stimulation, independent of muscle activity. This suggests distinct vascular regulation for nerve versus muscle blood flow.

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    Area of Science:

    • Physiology
    • Neuroscience
    • Vascular Biology

    Background:

    • Understanding the relationship between nerve stimulation, muscle activity, and regional blood flow is crucial for comprehending neurovascular coupling.
    • Previous studies have not fully elucidated the specific changes in sciatic nerve blood flow (NBF) during direct nerve stimulation, particularly concerning the influence of associated muscle contractions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To quantify sciatic nerve blood flow (NBF) during direct sciatic nerve stimulation in rats.
    • To investigate whether increased NBF during stimulation is dependent on associated limb motor activity (muscle twitching).
    • To compare the vascular responses of nerve, muscle, and skin blood flow under conditions of nerve stimulation with and without muscle activity.

    Main Methods:

    • Simultaneous measurement of regional blood flow in sciatic nerves (NBF), biceps femoris muscles (MBF), and hind limb skin (SBF) in anesthetized rats.
    • Utilized the "indicator-fractionation" technique with [14C]butanol distribution to measure tissue blood flows.
    • Compared blood flow in normal control rats, rats stimulated electrically (10 shocks/s for 15 min) without curare, and rats stimulated after curarization to prevent muscle twitching.

    Main Results:

    • Normal NBF was 11.1 ± 1.4 ml/min/100g. Electrical sciatic nerve stimulation increased NBF to 19.8 ± 3.5 ml/min/100g in non-curarized rats and 23.2 ± 4.8 ml/min/100g in curarized rats.
    • Muscle blood flow (MBF) increased approximately tenfold in non-curarized stimulated rats but showed only a slight increase in curarized rats.
    • Hind limb skin blood flow (SBF) also increased during stimulation in non-curarized rats.

    Conclusions:

    • Sciatic nerve blood flow (NBF) increases significantly upon direct nerve stimulation, largely independent of associated limb motor activity.
    • The vascular mechanisms regulating NBF during stimulation differ from and are largely independent of those regulating muscle blood flow (MBF).
    • These findings highlight a distinct autoregulation of blood flow within the sciatic nerve itself.

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