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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 523-527Publisher
ASSOC BRAS DIVULG CIENTIFICA
DOI: 10.1590/1414-431X20154387
Keywords
Resistance exercise training; Menopause; Hypertension; Sympathetic tone; Blood pressure
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- FAPESP [2011/16441-0, 2012/02023-5, 2013/07869-2, 2012/20141-5]
- CNPq
- CAPES [88881.062178/2014-01]
- CNPq-BPQ fellowships
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [12/02023-5, 11/16441-0] Funding Source: FAPESP
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of resistance exercise training on hemodynamics and cardiac autonomic control in ovariectomized spontaneously hypertensive rats. Female rats were divided into 4 groups: sedentary control (SC), sedentary hypertensive (SH), sedentary hypertensive ovariectomized (SHO), and resistance-trained hypertensive ovariectomized (RTHO). Resistance exercise training was performed on a vertical ladder (5 days/week, 8 weeks) at 40-60% maximal load. Direct arterial pressure was recorded. Vagal and sympathetic tones were measured by heart rate (HR) responses to methylatropine (3 mg/kg, iv) and propranolol (4 mg/kg, iv). Ovariectomy resulted in additional increases in blood pressure in hypertensive rats and was associated with decreased vagal tone. Resistance exercise trained rats had lower mean arterial pressure than untrained rats (RTHO: 159 +/- 2.2 vs SHO: 177 +/- 3.4 mmHg), as well as resting bradycardia (RTHO: 332 +/- 9.0 vs SHO: 356 +/- 5 bpm). Sympathetic tone was also lower in the trained group. Moreover, sympathetic tone was positively correlated with resting HR (r=0.7, P < 0.05). The additional arterial pressure increase in hypertensive rats caused by ovarian hormone deprivation was attenuated by moderate-intensity dynamic resistance training. This benefit may be associated with resting bradycardia and reduced cardiac sympathetic tone after training, which suggests potential benefits of resistance exercise for the management of hypertension after ovarian hormone deprivation.
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