Rat Blood Pressure

Synopsis: An interactive program simulating a range of experiments to demonstrate the effects of a variety of pharmacological agents/procedures on blood pressure and heart rate of the anaesthetised rat ‘in vivo’. Sections include Home Office Licence requirements, preparation (anaesthesia and anaesthetisation, cannulation of trachea, jugular vein and carotid artery), apparatus (equipment used to maintain body temperature record blood pressure and heart rate), measurements (how to take measurements from the display and how to calculate mean BP and pulse pressure) and experiments (typical data for 16 different experiments, including catecholamines, pressor agents, acetylcholine, ganglion stimulants, uptake-blockers, alpha-blockers, beta-blockers, adrenaline reversal, guanethidine, sympathetic nerve stimulation, depressor drugs, ganglion blockade, reserpine, pithing). Designed to support or replace laboratory classes.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Computer program. Floppy disk. PC Windows version only.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: Sale; 1996 sale: £199.00 (inclusive) multi-user
Notes: Related article by David Dewhurst in ‘Alt-N’ No 17 (4/97) pp4,7.
Documentation: Accompanying documentation.
Uses: Undergraduate pharmacology.
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: blood pressure; cardiovascular system; laboratory experiments; pharmacology; rats

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