Abstract
Intra-arterially infused arginine vasopressin (AVP) elevated systemic blood pressure (BP) in the Sprague-Dawley rat according to a dose-response pattern while cochlear blood flow (CoBF), as measured by laser Doppler flowmetry, was elevated only at the highest dose. Skin blood flow (SBF) decreased significantly with AVP infusion. The local infusion of AVP into the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA), which supplies the common cochlear artery, produced significant dose-dependent reductions in CoBF with no changes in systemic blood pressure. Pretreatment of the local cochlear supplying vessels with an AVP-specific V I receptor antagonist attenuated subsequent AVP-induced decreases in CoBF, thereby demonstrating specificity of the response. These results suggest that CoBF is reasonably stable in response to systemic AVP infusion until blood pressure exceeds an elevation from base level of approximately + 60 mm Hg. One of the mechanisms responsible for this autoregulatory response may be vasoconstriction mediated by the interaction of vasoactive peptides such as AVP and its receptors located in the vasculature of the inner ear or in the more peripheral vessels directly supplying the cochlea.
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