AbstractChanges of venous compliance may contribute to postflight orthostatic intolerance; however, direct animal studies to address the changes of venous compliance to microgravity have been rare. The purpose of this study was to determine compliance changes of mesenteric veins of rabbits after 21 days of head-down rest (HDR). Twenty-four healthy male New Zealand Rabbits were randomly divided into 21 days of HDR group, horizontal immobilization group (HIG) and control group (Ctrl), with eight in each. Loading tensile force–stretch relationships of mesenteric vein segments were constructed after 21d HDR. With the increase of loading tensile force, both longitudinal and circumferential stretches of vein samples increased significantly. Under the same loading tensile force, mesenteric vein of the HDR showed significant increase both in circumferential stretch and longitudinal stretches compared to those of Ctrl group and HIG group. These results indicate that, a 21-day simulated weightlessness leads to increase of mesenteric venous compliance.


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    Title :

    Changes of loading tensile force–stretch relationships of rabbit mesenteric vein after 21 days of head-down rest


    Contributors:
    Yao, Yong-Jie (author) / Sun, Hui-Pin (author) / Yue, Yong (author) / Sun, Xi-Qing (author) / Wu, Xing-Yu (author)

    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 63 , 7-10 ; 959-967


    Publication date :

    2008-01-18


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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