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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 283: R513-R520, 2002. First published May 6, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00683.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 2, R513-R520, August 2002

Sympathetic nerve regulation to heating is altered in senescent rats

Michael J. Kenney and Richard J. Fels

Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506

Renal and splanchnic sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) responses to increased (38-41°C) internal temperature were determined in anesthetized young (3-6 mo old), mature (12 mo old), and senescent (24 mo old) Fischer 344 (F344) rats. We hypothesized that SND responses would be altered in senescent and mature rats as demonstrated by attenuated sympathoexcitatory responses to heating and by the absence of hyperthermia-induced SND pattern changes. The following observations were made. 1) Renal and splanchnic SND responses were significantly increased during heating in young and mature but not in senescent rats. 2) At 41°C, renal and splanchnic SND responses were higher in young compared with senescent rats, and renal SND was higher in mature than in senescent rats. 3) Heating changed the SND bursting pattern in young, but not in mature or senescent, rats. 4) SND responses to heating did not differ between baroreceptor-innervated (BRI) and sinoaortic-denervated (SAD) senescent rats but were higher in SAD compared with BRI young rats. These results demonstrate an attenuated responsiveness of sympathetic neural circuits to heating in senescent F344 rats.

Fischer 344 rats; sympathetic nerve discharge


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