Control of blood pressure is affected by regulation of intrarenal blood flow. Renal sympathetic nerve simulation inhibits pressure-depressor mechanism of kidney. This antidepressor mechanism was known as happening to due to a decrease the blood supply...
Control of blood pressure is affected by regulation of intrarenal blood flow. Renal sympathetic nerve simulation inhibits pressure-depressor mechanism of kidney. This antidepressor mechanism was known as happening to due to a decrease the blood supply of renal medulla. It is not known whether renal sympathetic nerve innervation of renal medulla is and it affects regulation of medullary blood flow.
We tried to measure total renal blood flow(TRBF), cortical blood flow(CBF), papillary blood flow(PBF) by ultrasonic and laser Doppler techniques in Wistar rats during 3 kinds of renal sympathetic nerves stimulation. The simulation orders are tried randomly and each stimulation period is 15 minute. TRBF and CBF decreased at 1 Hz by 2 and 2%, 3Hz by 18 and 15%, 5Hz by 49 and 44%, respectively as similar to each other. But PBF increased by 1% at 1 Hz and 4% at 3 Hz, while it decreased by 4% at 5 Hz. Therefore, it seems superficial renocortical and total renal blood flows are closely regulated by renal sympathetic nerves with increasing vasoconstriction at 5 Hz, onthe other hand while medullary blood flow seems to be under strong local control, tending to offset neurogenic flows restrictions.