title: Effects of parabolic flight on abdominal arterial pressure in conscious rats.
abstract: Abdominal arterial pressure during parabolic flight was measured using a telemetry system to clarify the acute effect of microgravity on hemodynamics in conscious rats. The microgravity condition was elicited by three different levels of entry gravity, i.e. 2 G, 1.5 G and 1 G. On exposure to 2 G, mean aortic pressure (MBP) increased up to 118.7 mm Hg +/- 7.3 compared with the value at 1 G (107.0 +/- 6.3 mm Hg, n=6). The value at microgravity preceded by 2 G was 118.0 mmHg +/- 5.2 mm HG and it was still higher than at 1 G. When 1.5 G was elicited before microgravity exposure, MBP also increased (1.5 G: 114.9 +/- 5.3 vs 1 G: 105.8+/-5.0 mm Hg) and the value at microgravity was 117.3 + /- 5.3 mmHg. During pre-microgravity maneuver with 1 G, no changes were observed compared with the control level at 1 G (pre-microgravity: 105.0 +/- 5.0 vs 1G: 104.8 +/- 5.1 mm Hg ), whereas the MBP increased up to 117.0 +/- 6.5 mm Hg on exposure to microgravity. From these results, we found that in conscious rat MBP increase during acute microgravity exposure with either 1 G or hyper-G entry.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Animal Center, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Kiyoaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katahira
authors.forename: Hidefumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Waki
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D018471:Hypergravity; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013026:Space Flight; D014893:Weightlessness