
pmid: 8897410
The gravity-dependency and age-dependency of noradrenergic vasoconstrictor outflow to skeletal muscle (muscle sympathetic nerve activity; MSNA) in humans was analyzed by applying microneurography technique. The basal level of MSNA in the horizontally supine position increased with aging without significant changes in arterial baroreflex sensitivity. MSNA responded to +Gz load by head-up tilt and to simulated microgravity by thermoneutral head-out immersion with increasing and decreasing the activity, respectively. These gravity related responses of MSNA were age-dependent, being reduced by aging. Simultaneously monitored hemodynamic responses to +Gz load and to simulated microgravity were also age-dependent, being reduced by aging. The gravity-dependent and also age-dependent changes in the noradrenergic vasoconstrictor outflow to muscle seem to be related to the mechanisms controlling the gravity-dependent fluid shift in the human body.
Adult, Aging, Sympathetic Nervous System, Adolescent, Middle Aged, Regional Blood Flow, Humans, Adrenergic Fibers, Muscle, Skeletal, Weightlessness Simulation, Aged, Gravitation
Adult, Aging, Sympathetic Nervous System, Adolescent, Middle Aged, Regional Blood Flow, Humans, Adrenergic Fibers, Muscle, Skeletal, Weightlessness Simulation, Aged, Gravitation
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