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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 275: F441-F446, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 3, F441-F446, September 1998

Reflex effects on components of synchronized renal sympathetic nerve activity

Gerald F. DiBona and Susan Y. Jones

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

The effects of peripheral thermal receptor stimulation (tail in hot water, n = 8, anesthetized) and cardiac baroreceptor stimulation (volume loading, n = 8, conscious) on components of synchronized renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) were examined in rats. The peak height and peak frequency of synchronized RSNA were determined. The renal sympathoexcitatory response to peripheral thermal receptor stimulation was associated with an increase in the peak height. The renal sympathoinhibitory response to cardiac baroreceptor stimulation was associated with a decrease in the peak height. Although heart rate was significantly increased with peripheral thermal receptor stimulation and significantly decreased with cardiac baroreceptor stimulation, peak frequency was unchanged. As peak height reflects the number of active fibers, reflex increases and decreases in synchronized RSNA are mediated by parallel increases and decreases in the number of active renal nerve fibers rather than changes in the centrally based rhythm or peak frequency. The increase in the number of active renal nerve fibers produced by peripheral thermal receptor stimulation reflects the engagement of a unique group of silent renal sympathetic nerve fibers with a characteristic response pattern to stimulation of arterial baroreceptors, peripheral and central chemoreceptors, and peripheral thermal receptors.

cardiac baroreceptor; peripheral thermal receptor; peak height; peak frequency


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