AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 2 318-R323, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Carotid baroreflexes and plasma vasopressin in humans during head-up tilt

M. Kamegai, M. S. Kristensen, J. Warberg and P. Norsk
Danish Aerospace Medical Centre of Research, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.

To investigate the influence of carotid baroreflexes on plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) in humans, eight healthy males underwent two sessions of passive head-up tilt to 60 degrees for 15 min each. During one of the sessions (sequence randomized), carotid baroreflexes were simultaneously stimulated by static neck suction of 23 +/- 1 mmHg during the whole period of head-up tilt. Only subjects who did not develop presyncopal symptoms during head-up tilt were included. Head-up tilt increased AVP significantly from 1.0 +/- 0.3 to 4.2 +/- 1.3 pg/ml (P less than 0.05). In contrast to this, AVP did not at any point in time increase significantly during head-up tilt when neck suction was applied. Plasma renin activity and heart rate were unaffected by neck suction, whereas mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure decreased. We conclude that the moderate but significant increase in plasma AVP during nonhypotensive head-up tilt is in part mediated by deloading of carotid baroreceptors induced by the acute fall in hydrostatic pressure at the level of the carotid sinus.

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