Adrenergic vascular control. 1996

T Mano
Department of Autonomic and Behavioral Neurosciences, Nagoya University, Japan.

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.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012039 Regional Blood Flow The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body. Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D006112 Gravitation Acceleration produced by the mutual attraction of two masses, and of magnitude inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two centers of mass. It is also the force imparted by the earth, moon, or a planet to an object near its surface. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988) G Force,Gravistimulation,Gravity,Force, G,G Forces,Gravities
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000320 Adrenergic Fibers Nerve fibers liberating catecholamines at a synapse after an impulse. Sympathetic Fibers,Adrenergic Fiber,Fiber, Adrenergic,Fiber, Sympathetic,Fibers, Adrenergic,Fibers, Sympathetic,Sympathetic Fiber
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging
D013564 Sympathetic Nervous System The thoracolumbar division of the autonomic nervous system. Sympathetic preganglionic fibers originate in neurons of the intermediolateral column of the spinal cord and project to the paravertebral and prevertebral ganglia, which in turn project to target organs. The sympathetic nervous system mediates the body's response to stressful situations, i.e., the fight or flight reactions. It often acts reciprocally to the parasympathetic system. Nervous System, Sympathetic,Nervous Systems, Sympathetic,Sympathetic Nervous Systems,System, Sympathetic Nervous,Systems, Sympathetic Nervous

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