[The reactivity of the skeletal muscle arterioles of rats to noradrenaline after whole-body gamma irradiation at a dose of 1 Gy].

Male Wistar rats were exposed by total gamma-irradiation at 1 Gy, Reactions of skeletal muscle arterioles and mean arterial pressure on intravenous doses of noradrenaline (0.1, 0.3, 1.0 and 3.0 micrograms/kg) was studied by intravital microscopy in acute experiments 1, 3 and 5-6 days after irradiation. The exposure causes arterial hypotension on day 1 after that as well as marked reduction of spontaneous arteriole vasomotions and decrease of arteriole constrictions at any doses and dates under study. There are no differences of arterial pressure reaction amplitudes in per cent between control and exposed animals at any doses and dates under investigation.