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Is active skeletal muscle functionally vasoconstricted during dynamic exercise in conscious dogs?

D S O'Leary1, E D Robinson, J L Butler

  • 1Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.

The American Journal of Physiology
|January 1, 1997
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The sympathetic nervous system limits blood flow to active muscles during exercise. Blocking sympathetic signals with prazosin (PZ) increased hindlimb blood flow and vascular conductance, especially at higher exercise intensities.

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Area of Science:

  • Physiology
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Autonomic Nervous System

Background:

  • Skeletal muscle blood flow increases significantly during dynamic exercise.
  • The role of sympathetic nervous system restraint on this vasodilation is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if sympathetic nervous system activity restrains hindlimb blood flow and vascular conductance during dynamic exercise in conscious dogs.

Main Methods:

  • Conscious dogs were instrumented to measure hindlimb blood flow (TAQ) and mean arterial pressure (MAP).
  • The alpha-adrenergic antagonist prazosin (PZ) was infused intra-arterially into the hindlimbs at rest and during graded treadmill exercise.
  • Changes in TAQ and vascular conductance (TAC) were measured in response to PZ.

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Main Results:

  • Prazosin administration increased TAQ and TAC at rest and during exercise.
  • The increase in TAQ and TAC with PZ was greater at higher exercise workloads.
  • These increases were linearly related to control TAQ levels, indicating progressive sympathetic restraint.

Conclusions:

  • The sympathetic nervous system progressively restrains vasodilation in active skeletal muscles during dynamic exercise.
  • This sympathetic restraint limits skeletal muscle perfusion during exercise.