Abstract
The role of body and hindlimb temperature in the control of blood flow in nerve and muscle was assessed by laser Doppler flowmetry. Following surgical exposure of nerve, initial measurements were taken for 5 min at hindlimb temperatures of 30–31°C. A second set of identical measurements was then made either with or without warming to 37°C. Without warming, nerve laser Doppler flow (NLDF) increased by 14.5±3.2% (mean±SEM) but, with warming, decreased by 40.9±8.2%. In contrast, adduccamerontor magnus muscle laser Doppler flow (MLDF) decreased without warming (14.7±1.0%) and increased with warming (20.4±12.8%). Because blood pressure was not significantly altered by changes in hindlimb temperature, the patterns of changes in vascular conductance (laser Doppler flow/blood pressure) were not significantly different from that seen with NLDF and MLDF. Thus, warming to physiological temperatures was associated with decreased NLDF and vascular conductance and increased MLDF and vascular conductance. These data may have implications for the interpretation of nerve blood flow data obtained at different hindlimb temperatures.
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