The Role of the Baroreceptor Reflex in the Cardiovascular Effects of Propranolol in the Conscious Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Clinical Science
- Vol. 56 (2), 163-167
- https://doi.org/10.1042/cs0560163
Abstract
1. The role of baroreceptors in the cardiovascular mechanism of action of dl-propranolol has been studied by comparing the acute effects of subcutaneous injection of 1 and 5 mg/kg (3·3 × 10−6 and 16·5 × 10−6 mol/kg) of this drug in conscious baroreceptor-denervated spontaneously hypertensive (SH) rats with those in sham-operated control SH rats. 2. At 5 mg/kg (16·5 × 10−6 mol/kg) propranolol caused a small, but significant, increase in blood pressure in sham-operated SH rats, whereas both after 1 and 5 mg/kg (3·3 × 10−6 and 16·5 × 10−6 mol/kg) immediate hypotension was observed in baroreceptor-denervated animals. 3. Heart rate dropped rapidly after injection of 1 or 5 mg/kg (3·3 × 10−6 and 16·5 × 10−6 mol/kg) propranolol both in the baroreceptor-denervated and sham-operated SH rats. Bradycardia was significantly larger in the baroreceptor-denervated animals after an injection of 5 mg/kg (16·5 × 10−6 mol/kg). 4. It is concluded that the lack of an early hypotensive effect of propranolol in intact animals is caused by an increased baroreceptor reflex activity as a consequence of the fall in cardiac output.Keywords
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