Materials and methods 2.1. 19:149–155, 2018. It is unclear how such a mechanism would cause hypoxia-induced vasodilation because capillaries lack smooth muscle to respond to NO. Hypoxia induces vasodilation, partly via the activation of K + channels. During hypoxic exercise, nitric oxide (NO) is the final common pathway for the compensatory dilator response. High Alt Med Biol. Hypoxia-induced vasodilation in the right coronary circulation of conscious dogs: Role of adrenergic activation Srinath Setty , Pu Zong , Wei Sun , Johnathan D. Tune , and H. Fred Downey To determine whether hypoxia is associated with... Hypoxia-induced vasodilation and effects of regional phentolamine in awake patients with sleep apnea | Journal of Applied Physiology Login to your account 2. Hypoxia-Induced Vasodilation of Precapillary Arterioles in Vivo Is Attenuated in HO-2–Null Mice and Abolished in CBS-Null Mice. Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV), also known as the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism, is a physiological phenomenon in which small pulmonary arteries constrict in the presence of alveolar hypoxia (low oxygen levels). Animal instrumentation The fact that the end-tidal CO 2 was not influenced by hypoxia virtually excludes the distorting influence of changes in P co 2 on hypoxia-induced cerebral vasodilation in the present study . Chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (4600 M) attenuates pulmonary vasodilation induced by acetylcholine or sodium nitroprusside. In fact, after adrenergic blockade, RC vasodilation was more sensitive to hypoxia-induced increases in right ventricular (RV) mechanical function, consistent with an α-adrenergic-mediated constraint of RC hyperemia during hypoxia in the normal, unblocked condition. Vasodilation refers to the widening of the arteries and large blood vessels. By redirecting blood flow from poorly-ventilated lung regions to well-ventilated lung regions, HPV is thought to be the primary mechanism underlying ventilation/perfusion … We conclude that despite high sympathetic vasoconstrictor tone and prominent sympathetic responses to acute hypoxia, hypoxia-induced limb vasodilation is preserved in OSA. At end hypoxia after phentolamine, the increase of brachial blood flow above baseline was similar (OSA vs. controls +61 ± 16 vs. +48 ± 6%; P = NS). Second, in OSA and controls alike, regional α-adrenergic block enhances hypoxia-induced vasodilation in the forearm by a similar degree. Proposed mechanisms for hypoxia-induced vasodilation at rest and during exercise. Lidocaine impairs vasorelaxation mediated by a K + channel opener, suggesting that this antiarrhythmic drug may inhibit hypoxia-induced vasodilation mediated by K + channels. 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