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El envejecimiento atenúa el reflejo vestibulosimpático en los seres humanos
Chester A Ray1, Kevin D Monahan
1Department of Medicine (Cardiology), General Clinical Research Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa 17033-2390, USA. caray@psu.edu
Circulation
|February 28, 2002
Resumen
El envejecimiento reduce la respuesta simpática del cuerpo a la estimulación vestibular, lo que afecta la regulación de la presión arterial. Este estudio encontró que los adultos mayores tienen una respuesta significativamente más débil a la rotación de la cabeza hacia abajo en comparación con los individuos más jóvenes.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Fisiología cardiovascular fisiología cardiovascular.
- Gerontología Gerontología.
Sus antecedentes:
- El sistema vestibular, en particular los órganos otolitos, influye en la actividad del nervio simpático.
- La función vestibular disminuye significativamente con la edad.
- Esta disminución puede afectar la regulación cardiovascular en adultos mayores.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar las diferencias relacionadas con la edad en las respuestas cardiovasculares y simpáticas a la estimulación otolítica.
- Para probar la hipótesis de que estas respuestas se atenuan en adultos mayores debido a cambios en el sistema vestibular.
Principales métodos:
- Medida de la presión arterial, la frecuencia cardíaca y la actividad muscular del nervio simpático (MSNA) durante la rotación de la cabeza hacia abajo (HDR) en adultos jóvenes y mayores.
- Utilizó una maniobra de control (rotación de la cabeza en decúbito lateral) para aislar la entrada vestibular.
Principales resultados:
- Los adultos mayores exhibieron respuestas MSNA significativamente atenuadas a la HDR (aumento del 12% frente al 85% en los jóvenes).
- La RHD causó reducciones significativas de la presión arterial en adultos mayores (-6 mmHg), pero no en adultos jóvenes.
- La maniobra de control no provocó hipotensión, lo que confirma el origen vestibular de los efectos HDR.
Conclusiones:
- El envejecimiento atenúa el reflejo vestibulosimpático en los seres humanos.
- Esta atenuación relacionada con la edad puede contribuir a la mayor incidencia de hipotensión ortostática en personas mayores.
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