title: An increase in the sympathoadrenal medullary function in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats under anesthetized and resting conditions.
abstract: Sympathoadrenal medullary functions were investigated in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-SP) and in control normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY) under halothane-anesthetized and resting conditions. The mean frequency of the spontaneous efferent activity of a single adrenal sympathetic nerve fiber was 1.08 +/- 0.11 impulses/s in WKY and 2.82 +/- 0.24 imp/s in SHR-SP, indicating a much higher level in SHR-SP than in WKY. The secretion rates of both adrenaline and noradrenaline from the adrenal gland were higher in SHR-SP than in WKY. The secretion rates of adrenaline and noradrenaline in WKY were 16.8 +/- 3.0 and 1.70 +/- 0.09 ng/kg X min, respectively, while those in SHR-SP were 36.7 +/- 3.9 and 2.56 +/- 0.18 ng/kg X min, respectively.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000294:innervation*; D000320:Adrenergic Fibers / Q000502:physiology*; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines