Are there differences in baseline blood pressure values in male rats measured by invasive versus noninvasive methods, and is there a causal relationship between blood pressure and heart rate?
This review aims to clarify differences in baseline blood pressure values obtained via invasive versus noninvasive methods in rat models and the relationship between blood pressure and heart rate.
Experiments should always be based on control values. This assumption fully applies to cardiovascular parameters, such as heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP), which are highly sensitive to various external and internal stimuli and can already be significantly altered when an experiment begins. Therefore, it is necessary to determine which values are defined as a starting point (i.e., control and baseline) or compare them with valid reference values if the goal is to evaluate the changes after experimental intervention. A generally accepted principle is a reciprocal relationship between BP and HR, in which one parameter affects the other and vice versa. BP can be measured using two methods-noninvasively (tail-cuff) and invasively (telemetry, direct measurements of BP after introducing the sensor directly into the artery), and HR directly or by extrapolation from BP recordings. This study does not aim to evaluate the results of individual studies, but to review whether there are differences in control (baseline) BP values in normotensive and hypertensive male rats using invasive versus noninvasive methods, and to investigate whether there is a causal relationship between BP and HR in in vivo experiments with male rats.
Kapsdorferová et al. (Sun,) studied this question.
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