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ArticleJCI insight2020

Potential role of intermittent functioning of baroreflexes in the etiology of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Feng Gu, E Benjamin Randall, Steven Whitesall, Kimber Converso-Baran, Brian E Carlson, Gregory D Fink, Daniel E Michele, Daniel A Beard

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Article in JCI insight, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Feng GuDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
E Benjamin RandallDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Steven WhitesallDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Kimber Converso-BaranDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Brian E CarlsonDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Gregory D FinkDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Daniel E MicheleDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Daniel A BeardDepartment of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
University of Michigan · USCentral South University · CNMichigan State University · US

Funding

Multi-scale systems analysis of blood pressure control and hypertensionR01HL139813 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BEARD, DANIEL A · 2018 to 2021
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NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139813
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is a genetic model of primary hypertension with an etiology that includes sympathetic overdrive. To elucidate the neurogenic mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of this model, we analyzed the dynamic baroreflex response to spontaneous fluctuations in arterial pressure in conscious SHRs, as well as in the Wistar-Kyoto (WKY), the Dahl salt-sensitive, the Dahl salt-resistant, and the Sprague-Dawley rat. Observations revealed the existence of long intermittent periods (lasting up to several minutes) of engagement and disengagement of baroreflex control of heart rate. Analysis of these intermittent periods revealed a predictive relationship between increased mean arterial pressure and progressive baroreflex disengagement that was present in the SHR and WKY strains but absent in others. This relationship yielded the hypothesis that a lower proportion of engagement versus disengagement of the baroreflex in SHR compared with WKY contributes to the hypertension (or increased blood pressure) in SHR compared with WKY. Results of experiments using sinoaortic baroreceptor denervation were consistent with the hypothesis that dysfunction of the baroreflex contributes to the etiology of hypertension in the SHR. Thus, this study provides experimental evidence for the roles of the baroreflex in long-term arterial pressure regulation and in the etiology of primary hypertension in this animal model.

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BaroreflexAnimalsBlood PressureFemaleHeart RateHypertensionMalePressoreceptorsRatsRats, Inbred DahlRats, Inbred SHRRats, Inbred WKYRats, Sprague-DawleySodium Chloride, DietarySodium Chloride, DietaryCardiologyComplex traitsHypertension

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PMID33004690
PMCPMC7566704
OpenAlexW3091020711

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