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    Area of Science:

    • Cardiovascular Physiology
    • Autonomic Nervous System Regulation
    • Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology

    Background:

    • Head-down tilt (HDT) is a maneuver that elicits significant autonomic nervous system responses.
    • Understanding the interplay between cardiac baroreflex and cardiopulmonary pathways is crucial for comprehending cardiovascular regulation.
    • Spontaneous cardiovascular variabilities offer insights into these regulatory mechanisms.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To quantify the causal relationship strength along the cardiac baroreflex and cardiopulmonary pathways during head-down tilt.
    • To investigate how head-down tilt influences these causal pathways using nonlinear model-free Granger causality.
    • To assess the interplay between these pathways and heart period changes.

    Main Methods:

    • Application of a nonlinear model-free Granger causality approach to spontaneous cardiovascular variabilities.
    • Analysis of traditional time and frequency domain parameters of cardiovascular variability.
    • Assessment of cardiac baroreflex sensitivity during head-down tilt.

    Main Results:

    • Respiratory sinus arrhythmia augmented during head-down tilt.
    • Low-frequency power of systolic arterial pressure variability decreased.
    • Cardiac baroreflex sensitivity increased, yet the causal pathway strength remained constant.

    Conclusions:

    • Head-down tilt induces cardiopulmonary stimulation and sympathetic inhibition.
    • Despite these autonomic changes, neither the cardiac baroreflex nor cardiopulmonary pathway predominantly controlled heart period variations.
    • The causal influences along these pathways are robust and do not shift dominance during head-down tilt.