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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 281: R31-R37, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 1, R31-R37, July 2001

Hemodynamic response pattern predicts susceptibility to stress-induced elevation in arterial pressure in the rat

Jay R. Muller, Khoi M. Le, William R. Haines, Qi Gan, and Mark M. Knuepfer

Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63104

Cocaine or air jet stress evokes pressor responses due to either a large increase in systemic vascular resistance (vascular responders) or small increases in both cardiac output and vascular resistance (mixed responders) in conscious rats. Repeated cocaine administration results in elevated arterial pressure in vascular responders but not in mixed responders. The present study examined the hypothesis that the pattern of cardiovascular responses to an unconditioned stimulus (UCS; air jet) is related to responses to a conditioned stimulus (CS; tone followed by brief foot shock) in individual rats. Our data demonstrate that presentation of the UCS produced variable cardiac output responses that correlated with responses to the CS (n = 60). We also determined whether individual cardiovascular response patterns to acute stress correlated with predisposition to a sustained stress-induced elevation in arterial pressure. Rats were exposed to three different stressors presented one per day successively for 4 wk and during a poststress period of 3 wk while arterial pressure was recorded periodically. Mean arterial pressure was elevated in all rats during chronic stress but, during the poststress period, remained at significantly higher levels in vascular responders but not mixed responders. Therefore, we conclude that acute behavioral stress to a conditioned stimulus elicits variable hemodynamic responses that predict the predisposition to a sustained stress-induced elevation in arterial pressure.

behavioral stress; cardiac output; systemic vascular resistance


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