Abstract
Although cardiovascular responses may be altered by respiratory changes under prolonged hypoxia, the relationship between respiratory and cardiovascular changes remains unknown. The aim of the present study is to clarify cardiorespiratory changes in anesthetized rats during and after hypoxic conditions using simultaneous recordings of cardiorespiratory variables with 20-sec recording intervals. After air breathing for 20 min (pre-exposure period), rats were subjected to 10% O2 for 2 h (hypoxic exposure period) and then air for 30 min (recovery period). Minute ventilation (VE), respiratory frequency, tidal volume, arterial blood pressure (BP), and heart rate (HR) were continuously monitored during the experimental period. Just after hypoxic exposure, VE, BP, and HR exhibited an overshoot, undershoot, and overshoot followed by a decrease, respectively. During the remaining hypoxic exposure period, continuous high VE and low BP were observed, whereas HR re-increased. In the recovery period, VE, BP, and HR showed an undershoot, increase, and decrease followed by an increase, respectively. These results suggest that the continuation of enhanced VE and re-increased HR, probably, due to carotid body excitation and accompanying sympathetic activation, during the late period of hypoxic exposure are protective responses to avoid worsening hypoxemia and further circulatory insufficiencies under sustained hypoxia.
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