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Effects of anesthesia on carotid sinus reflex control of arterial hemodynamics in the dog. 1980

R H Cox, and R J Bagshaw

The detailed characteristics of the carotid sinus reflex control of regional pressure-flow relations were compared in dogs anesthetized with chloralose, pentobarbital, or halothane. The carotid sinuses were isolated and perfused under conditions of controlled pulsatile pressure. Pressure and flow were measured in the ascending aorta and the celiac, mesenteric, renal, and iliac artery. Mean arterial pressure and peripheral resistance were highest under chloralose and lowest under halothane. For cardiac output this relation was reversed. Set point values of reflex gain and overall range of control were similar under chloralose and halothane and lowest under pentobarbital. These results were found both before and after bilateral cervical vagotomy. Operating point values of regional resistance were generally largest with chloralose and smallest with halothane. Operating point sensitivities of regional resistances were generally smallest under pentobarbital and similar under chloralose and halothane. Vagotomy was associated with increases in set point values of mean arterial pressure, set point gain, and overall range of control under all three anesthetics. With chloralose as a reference, halothane does not depress cardiovascular reflex mechanisms. Carotid sinus reflexes under halothane were as sensitive and well maintained as they were under chloralose. These reflexes were significantly depressed under pentobarbital compared with chloralose.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010424 Pentobarbital A short-acting barbiturate that is effective as a sedative and hypnotic (but not as an anti-anxiety) agent and is usually given orally. It is prescribed more frequently for sleep induction than for sedation but, like similar agents, may lose its effectiveness by the second week of continued administration. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p236) Mebubarbital,Mebumal,Diabutal,Etaminal,Ethaminal,Nembutal,Pentobarbital Sodium,Pentobarbital, Monosodium Salt,Pentobarbitone,Sagatal,Monosodium Salt Pentobarbital
D012018 Reflex An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or spinal cord.
D012039 Regional Blood Flow The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body. Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D002346 Carotid Sinus The dilated portion of the common carotid artery at its bifurcation into external and internal carotids. It contains baroreceptors which, when stimulated, cause slowing of the heart, vasodilatation, and a fall in blood pressure. Sinus, Carotid
D002698 Chloralose A derivative of CHLORAL HYDRATE that was used as a sedative but has been replaced by safer and more effective drugs. Its most common use is as a general anesthetic in animal experiments. Anhydroglucochloral,Glucochloral,Glucochloralose,alpha-Chloralose,beta-Chloralose,alpha Chloralose,beta Chloralose
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D005260 Female Females
D006221 Halothane A nonflammable, halogenated, hydrocarbon anesthetic that provides relatively rapid induction with little or no excitement. Analgesia may not be adequate. NITROUS OXIDE is often given concomitantly. Because halothane may not produce sufficient muscle relaxation, supplemental neuromuscular blocking agents may be required. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p178) 1,1,1-Trifluoro-2-Chloro-2-Bromoethane,Fluothane,Ftorotan,Narcotan

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