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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 80, Issue 6 1903-1910, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Arterial and cardiopulmonary baroreflexes in 60- to 69- vs. 18- to 36-yr-old humans

X. Shi, K. M. Gallagher, R. M. Welch-O'Connor and B. H. Foresman
Department of Physiology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Fort Worth 76107, USA.

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that aging diminished baroreflex function during central hypovolemia. Eleven healthy young and eleven older (age 60-69 yr) individuals were assessed by using heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to neck pressure and suction during rest and lower body negative pressure (LBNP) of -15 Torr. The slope of forearm vascular resistance to central venous pressure during low-level LBNP was assessed as the index of cardiopulmonary baroreflex sensitivity. Baseline cardiovascular variables were not significantly different between the groups. In addition, there was no group difference in cardiopulmonary baroreflex (-3.6 vs. -3.7 units/mmHg for young vs. older, respectively) or carotid baroreflex (-0.39 vs. -0.35 beats.min-1.mmHg-1 and -0.26 vs. -0.35 mmHg/mmHg, for young vs. older, respectively) sensitivity. LBNP did not affect either HR or MAP, whereas it decreased CVP and increased FVR in both groups. LBNP significantly augmented the carotid-HR (-0.47 +/- 0.03 beats.min-1.mmHg-1) and carotid-MAP (-0.42 +/- 0.04 mmHg/mmHg) reflex gains in the young subjects only. We concluded that there was no difference in the discrete baroreflex function between the two age groups; however, the interaction of cardiopulmonary baroreceptors with carotid baroreflex function was absent in the older subjects, suggesting that the central integration of afferent neural inputs from the discrete baroreceptors was altered with aging.


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