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ArticleBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2020

A method to assess heart rate variability in neonate rats: validation in normotensive and hypertensive animals.

S C F Freitas, C Paixão Dos Santos, A Arnold, F F Stoyell-Conti, M R H Dutra, M Veras, M C Irigoyen, K De Angelis

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Article in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

S C F FreitasLaboratório de Fisiologia Translacional, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2802-8753
C Paixão Dos SantosDepartamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-5796
A ArnoldUnidade de Hipertensão, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8831-8213
F F Stoyell-ContiLaboratório de Fisiologia Translacional, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0464-7878
M R H DutraLaboratório de Fisiologia Translacional, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6051-6493
M VerasDepartamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8363-4329
M C IrigoyenUnidade de Hipertensão, Instituto do Coração, Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-0939
K De AngelisLaboratório de Fisiologia Translacional, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-9049
Universidade Nove de Julho · BRInstituto do Coração · PTUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversity of Miami · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several studies have focused on the heart rate variability (HRV) of murine species, while studies discussing HRV in murine neonates and infants remain scarce, since recording hemodynamic signals through invasive methods in small animals has been found to be quite challenging. Thus, this study aimed at describing and validating a novel method to assess HRV in newborn rats. An electrocardiogram (ECG) system was used to determine RR intervals in awake newborns and evaluate HRV in normotensive (Wistar) and hypertensive (SHR) neonate rats. After birth, ECG was recorded in the awake newborns, and they were allowed to rest on a heated surface, restricted only by the weight of the adhesive ECG electrodes. The electrodes were cut and adapted to provide more comfort to the animal, and gently placed on the newborn's skin. RR intervals were recorded over a 30-min period using an ECG system together with LabChart software (4 KHz). Three sequences of 5 min each from the ECG recording period were analyzed in time and frequency domains, using CardioSeries software. ECG data resulted in a clearly interpretable signal that was used to generate an RR interval sequence through time for the analysis of HRV. SHR neonates presented increased cardiac sympathovagal balance compared to Wistar neonates (low frequency/high frequency: 3.85±0.71 vs 0.90±0.09). In conclusion, the ECG setup here described may be used to record RR intervals to assess HRV in neonate rats, thus detecting early impairment of HRV in hypertensive newborns.

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ElectrocardiographySoftwareAnimalsHeart RateHypertensionMiceRatsRats, Inbred SHRRats, Wistar

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