Pogodin M A, Donina Zh A, Lavrova I N, Baranov V M, Kotov A N, Tikhonov M A
I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Acad. Sci., 199034, St. Petersburg, Nab. Makarova, 6, Russia.
Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova. 2000 Dec;86(12):1587-93.
In anaesthetised cats, antiorthostatic posture of the body with an inclination angle of 30 degrees increased pressure in the vena cava superior and in jugular vein. The rest of the cardio-respiratory parameters were changed insignificantly. Physical and physiological mechanisms of the blood regional redistribution in alteration of the body gravitation orientation, are discussed.