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SLEEP
卷 31, 期 1, 页码 111-117出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/31.1.111
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sleep; REM; autonomic nervous system; hypertension; rats; inbred SHR; blood pressure; heart rate; respiration; theta rhythm; enalapril
Study Objectives: Rapid-eye-movement sleep (REM sleep) physiologically entails arterial pressure surges. Pressure surges may lead to acute cardiovascular events in risk conditions such as arterial hypertension. We investigated whether arterial hypertension alters the rate of occurrence and the characteristics of the pressure surges during REM sleep. Design: Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were compared with Wistar-Kyoto normotensive controls (WKY) and a group of SHR, in which hypertension was prevented by long-term enalapril treatment (ena-SHR). Setting: N/A. Subjects: Seven male rats per group. Interventions: Instrumentation with electrodes for polygraphic recordings, a nasal thermistor for measuring ventilatory period, and an arterial catheter for measuring arterial pressure and heart period. Measurements and Results: SHR showed a significant increase in the rate of occurrence but a similar magnitude of the pressure surges during REM sleep, with respect to WKY and ena-SHR. The pressure surges were associated with a decrease of heart period and an increase of electroencephalographic theta frequency, which were significantly less pronounced in SHR than in either WKY or ena-SHR. The ventilatory period showed only a modest increase before the surges without significant differences among the groups. Conclusions: Pressure surges independent of sleep apnea occur during REM sleep at a rate increased in SHR with respect to their controls, supporting a potential role of REM sleep in triggering acute cardiovascular events in arterial hypertension. The characteristics of the pressure surges suggest that, in SHR, the underlying central autonomic commands are increased in frequency, but not in magnitude, by arterial hypertension.
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