title: Structural and functional characteristics of the aortic nerve in the rabbit raised in head-down tilt posture.
abstract: When human returns to the earth from space, the reverse shift of body fluid to the shift caused by microgravity. The physical phenomenon produces probably cardiovascular deconditioning due to a disturbance of the baroreflex for regulating blood pressure. To clarify the disturbance, the nervous control mechanisms of cardiovascular system in mammals exposed to microgravity should be investigated. Head-down tilt (HDT) is one of the methods to simulate the headward shift of the body fluid. To understand the effect of microgravity on the cardiovascular nervous control system, we studied effects of headward shift of the body fluid on structural and functional development of the aortic nerve and the aortic baroreflex in the young rabbit raised in a head-down and tail-up posture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000254:growth & development / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000254:growth & development / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D018493:Cardiovascular Deconditioning / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018495:Fluid Shifts / Q000502:physiology*; D018475:Head-Down Tilt; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits