Why the study?
Does sympathetic trunk stimulation alter capillary blood flow and tissue metabolism in the skeletal muscle of anesthetized cats?
Population
Anesthetized cats (sartorius muscle model)
Comparison
Sympathetic trunk stimulation for a 3-min period… vs Baseline/control values
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
3 minutes
Authors
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Preclinical findings suggest distinct metabolic thresholds for vascular escape versus hyperemia; leaves open translation to human sympathetic vasoregulation.
Does sympathetic trunk stimulation alter capillary blood flow and tissue metabolism in the skeletal muscle of anesthetized cats?
A shift to anaerobic metabolism is not required for vascular escape during sympathetic stimulation but appears necessary for poststimulation hyperemia in skeletal muscle.
Pál et al. (1998) studied this question.