Autonomic control of heart rate in the neonatal rhesus monkey.
Autonomic control of resting heart rate was assessed using atropine and propranolol in 20 neonatal (2 to 3 weeks old) male Rhesus monkeys. After release from restraint for placement of a venous catheter, the average heart rate significantly decreased from 220 +/- 7 beats/min to 181 +/- 6 beats/min within 15 minutes and remained stable for the 2 hours. Autonomic control of resting heart rate is mediated through both divisions of the autonomic nervous system with the sympathetic system having a dominant influence. This is in contrast to the adult Rhesus, where the parasympathetic nervous system controls resting heart rate.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology
D001285:Atropine; D011433:Propranolol; D007545:Isoproterenol