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Behavioral Assessment of the Aging Mouse Vestibular System
Published on: July 11, 2014
老化により,人の体内側頭葉交感反射が弱まります
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
まとめ
老化により,体内の感性反応が前庭刺激に低下し,血圧の調節に影響を及ぼします. この研究では,年配の成人は,若い人と比較して,ヘッドダウン回転に対する反応が著しく弱いことが判明しました.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 心血管生理学 心血管の生理学
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
背景:
- ベスティブル系,特にオトリフ臓器は,交感神経の活動に影響を与えます.
- ベスティブラー機能は,年齢とともに著しく低下する.
- この低下は,高齢者の心血管調節に影響を与える可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- オトーリシック刺激に対する心血管および交感反応の年齢関連の違いを調査する.
- これらの反応は,前立腺系の変化により,高齢者に弱まるという仮説を検証する.
主な方法:
- 低頭回転 (HDR) 時の動脈血圧,心拍数,および筋肉交感神経活動 (MSNA) を測定した,若年および高齢の成人.
- コントロールマニュバー (頭部を横向きに回転させる) を使って, вестибулярの入力を隔離した.
主要な成果:
- 高齢者では,HDRに対するMSNA反応が著しく弱まりました (若者では12%,若者では85%増加).
- HDRは高齢者 (-6 mmHg) では血圧を大幅に低下させたが,若者ではそうではない.
- コントロールマニュバーは低血圧を誘発せず,HDR効果のベスティブラー起源を確認した.
結論:
- 老化により,ヒトの体内側交感性反射が弱まります.
- この年齢に関係する衰弱は,高齢者の ортоスタティック低血圧のより高い発生率に寄与する可能性があります.
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