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The role of the sympathetic nervous system on cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation was evaluated in newborn piglets. Six animals were studied after ablation of the right superior sympathetic ganglion and compared to 6 control animals. Mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) was decreased by successive blood withdrawal and CBF was measured by radioactive microspheres. In denervated animals, MABP and CBF correlated positively according to a parabolic curve showing an absence of autoregulation when MABP is above 50 mm Hg (y = 0.079x2 - 5.9x + 154, p less than 0.01). In control animals, CBF remains stable throughout the experiment (y = 0.28x + 5). These data suggest a shift to the left of the upper limit of the autoregulation range in denervated animals and consequently a poor adaptation to increased MABP.
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