Why the study?
Does high dietary NaCl intake reduce cardiac vagal afferent nerve response to volume expansion in anesthetized rats?
Population
Anesthetized normal rats prepared for separate examination of the afferent and efferent limbs of the…
Comparison
High dietary NaCl intake vs Normal dietary NaCl intake
Design
Preclinical
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High salt may blunt rat cardiopulmonary baroreflex gain at the afferent limb; leaves open relevance to human salt-sensitive hypertension.
Does high dietary NaCl intake reduce cardiac vagal afferent nerve response to volume expansion in anesthetized rats?
High dietary NaCl intake decreases overall cardiopulmonary baroreceptor reflex gain during intravenous volume expansion by acting on the afferent limb of the reflex arc.
DiBona et al. (1987) studied this question.