Abstract
A new tail cuff method for determining systolic and mean blood pressure in rats was developed based on photoelectric detection of tail arterial blood flow and pulsatile volume oscillation. Indirect systolic and mean blood pressure measured by this method correlated well with direct systolic and mean blood pressures recorded by a transducer and polygraph after carotid artery cannulation in stroke-resistant spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), stroke-prone SHR and normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats. Blood pressures were sharply, and transiently raised for about 1 min when rats were picked up by an investigator to be placed in a hot box or immobilized in a restrainer for measuring blood pressure. Therefore, blood pressures should be measured at least 1 min after the rats are put in a restrainer. This new tail cuff method for measuring blood pressure provides reliable mean blood pressure readings in conscious rats.
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