title: Haemodynamic changes during neck pressure and suction in seated and supine positions.
abstract: We sought to quantify the contribution of cardiac output (Q) and total vascular conductance (TVC) to carotid baroreflex-mediated changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) in the upright seated and supine positions. Acute changes in carotid sinus transmural pressure were evoked using brief 5 s pulses of neck pressure and neck suction (NP/NS) via a simplified paired neck chamber that was developed to enable beat-to-beat measurements of stroke volume using pulse-doppler ultrasound. Percentage contributions of Q and TVC were achieved by calculating the predicted change in MAP during carotid baroreflex stimulation if only the individual changes in Q or TVC occurred and all other parameters remained at control values. All NP and NS stimuli from +40 to -80 Torr (+5.33 to -10.67 kPa) induced significant changes in Q and TVC in both the upright seated and supine positions (P < 0.001). Cardiopulmonary baroreceptor loading with the supine position appeared to cause a greater reliance on carotid baroreflex-mediated changes in Q. Nevertheless, in both the seated and supine positions the changes in MAP were primarily mediated by alterations in TVC (percentage contribution of TVC at the time-of-peak MAP, seated 95 +/- 13, supine 76 +/- 17 %). These data indicate that alterations in vasomotor activity are the primary means by which the carotid baroreflex regulates blood pressure during acute changes in carotid sinus transmural pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA. sogoh@hsc.unt.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogoh
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Fadel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Wasmund
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Raven
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D011311:Pressoreceptors / Q000502:physiology; D011312:Pressure; D013396:Suction; D016683:Supine Position; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology