Assessing structural and functional response of murine vasculature to acute β-adrenergic stimulation in vivo during hypothermic and hyperthermic conditions
Abstract:Background:
Because of the importance of adrenoreceptors in regulating the cardiovascular (CV) system and the role of the CV system in thermoregulation, understanding the response to these two stressors is of interest. The purpose of this study was to assess changes of arterial geometry and function in vivo during thermal and β-adrenergic stress induced in mice and quantified by MRI.
Methods:
Male mice were anesthetized and imaged at 7T. Anatomical and functional data were acquired from the neck (carotid art… Show more
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