• Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Baroreflex Effectiveness Index and Spontaneous Cardiac Baroreflex Sensitivity" by Ziba Taherzadeh, Nicole A. Garza et al. (wku.edu)
  • It is unclear whether BEI provides independent or complementary information compared to traditional spontaneous cardiac baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) measures. (wku.edu)
  • 1. A new method was developed to evaluate cardiac baroreflex sensitivity. (portlandpress.com)
  • The slope of the linear regression, computed on these selected associations, is used to estimate baroreflex sensitivity. (portlandpress.com)
  • 4. In conclusion, as the Z -method gives results similar to but more reproducible than the cross-spectrum method, it might be a powerful and reliable tool to assess baroreflex sensitivity in humans. (portlandpress.com)
  • for the GDS group, Impairment in Baroreflex Sensitivity in Recent-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Without Progression Over 5 Years. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Impaired baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) predicts cardiovascular mortality and is prevalent in long-term diabetes. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Arterial pressure (AP) was directly recorded and baroreflex sensitivity was evaluated by heart rate responses to AP changes. (fapesp.br)
  • The reduction in MAP was correlated with increased parasympathetic activity and baroreflex sensitivity and decreased sympathetic activity, mainly during quiet sleep. (nature.com)
  • MEASUREMENTS: baroreflex sensitivity was quantified by the alpha-index, at high frequency (HF, 0.15-0.35 Hz) and mid frequency (MF, 0.05-0.15 Hz), derived from spectral and cross-spectral analysis of spontaneous fluctuations in heart rate and blood pressure. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Some of the age-related changes in baroreflex sensitivity may be related to physical fitness and activity levels. (ox.ac.uk)
  • They also showed significant, durable improvements in autonomic function across multiple objective measures of heart rate variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) compared to those who received random tones. (neurosciencenews.com)
  • Effect of low doses of scopolamine on RR interval variability, baroreflex sensitivity, and exercise performance in patients with chronic heart failure. (ox.ac.uk)
  • OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of transdermal scopolamine on heart rate variability, baroreflex sensitivity, and exercise performance in patients with heart failure and age matched healthy volunteers. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) was estimated by the sequence method. (frontiersin.org)
  • We hypothesized that selective manipulation of baroreflex activity through electrical carotid sinus stimulation influences insulin sensitivity by changing muscular glucose delivery. (shengsci.com)
  • In conclusion, acute changes in baroreceptor stimulation did not elicit significant changes in muscular glucose delivery and whole-body insulin sensitivity. (shengsci.com)
  • Cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity was lower in HT (6.8±1.7 msec/mniHg) versus NT (16.4±2.2 msec/mmHg). (uwo.ca)
  • The dissociation between the training induced changes in resting MSNA, lack of change in baroreflex sensitivity and the change in blood pressure, suggests that MSNA is not a main cause of the blood pressure reduction with exercise training in un-medicated middle-aged/older men. (ku.dk)
  • Beyond the age of sixty years, baroreflex sensitivity is independently related to the level of systolic blood pressure but not to age. (le.ac.uk)
  • In conclusion, hypertension in the elderly is associated with reduced baroreflex sensitivity, an impaired blood pressure response to orthostasis and increased resistance artery media:lumen ratio, but no differences in endothelial or vascular smooth muscle function. (le.ac.uk)
  • Methods and Results - In a double-blind randomized study, 25 healthy subjects with a positive response to either carotid sinus massage (CSM) or lower body negative pressure (LBNP) received Paxil (20 mg/d) or placebo for 6 weeks, Arterial baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), muscle sympathetic nerve activity (SNA), baroreflex control of SNA, blood pressure, and heart rate responses to CSM and LBNP were measured at baseline and at 6 weeks. (elsevierpure.com)
  • baroreflex sensitivity in ms/mm Hg (BRS) and baroreflex sensitivity in Hz/mm Hg (BRSf), were determined by spectral analysis, in 20 normotensive volunteers age of 27+/-6 years (mean+/-S.D.) who served as their own control. (who.int)
  • In contrast with Ang II, Ang-(1-7) improves baroreflex sensitivity and plays an inhibitory role in hypothalamic noradrenergic neurotransmission. (eurekaselect.com)
  • Additionally, cerebral blood flow velocity (Transcranial Doppler) and blood pressure (Finapres) were measured in rest, and during sit-to-stand and CO2 challenges to assess baroreflex sensitivity, cerebral autoregulation, and cerebral vasomotor reactivity. (edu.au)
  • Results: No short-term differences were observed in cognitive performance, cerebral blood flow velocity, baroreflex sensitivity, cerebral autoregulation, or cerebral vasomotor reactivity across time, or between conditions. (edu.au)
  • In conclusion, skin blood flow can be a useful tool to evaluate sympathetic activity and combination therapy with calcium antagonists and angiotensin II receptor blockers were the most useful therapy for suppressing the hemodynamic response to mental stress. (scirp.org)
  • Arterial baroreflexes may regulate resistance vessels supplying glucose to skeletal muscle by modulating efferent sympathetic nervous system activity. (shengsci.com)
  • Baroreflex-mediated changes in sympathetic vasomotor tone may have a limited acute effect on muscle glucose metabolism in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension. (shengsci.com)
  • This study tested the hypothesis that training reduces resting sympathetic activity and improves baroreflex control in both hypertensive and normotensive men but reduces blood pressure only in hypertensive men. (ku.dk)
  • The overarching hypothesis is that resting MSNA will be negatively associated with sympathetic-BP transduction due to methodological limitations of the signal-averaging technique, baroreflex mechanisms governing MSNA burst occurrence, and α-adrenoreceptor responsiveness. (uoguelph.ca)
  • Conclusions: The negative association between sympathetic outflow and sympathetic-BP transduction was largely governed by the proportion of MSNA bursts firing above the mean BP set-point, highlighting baroreflex mechanisms contributing to the reductions in sympathetic-BP transduction in individuals with elevated sympathetic outflow. (uoguelph.ca)
  • In conclusion, SNP had no effect on the cardiac-vagal limb of the baroreflex in humans but caused a substantial reduction in BP low-frequency power consistent with a decreased baroreflex/sympathetic control of peripheral resistance. (ox.ac.uk)
  • In conclusion, wheel exercise can modulate sleep-related cardiovascular dysfunction and the flattening of circadian rhythm, preventing the progression of hypertension, which reduces the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. (nature.com)
  • For diagnosing OHT, the search should focus on identifying surgically correctable causes of hypertension or ruling out baroreflex failure based on the previous studies. (bpincontrol.in)
  • Conclusions - Paxil decreases arterial BRS but does not prevent the presyncope associated with LBNP. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Baroreflex effectiveness index (BEI) is a relatively new measure used to assess cardiac baroreflex function. (wku.edu)
  • CONCLUSIONS: In patients with mild to moderate heart failure low doses of scopolamine increased tonic and reflex cardiac vagal activity. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The major effects of sepsis on the cardiovascular system can be summarized as follows: a systolic and diastolic cardiac dysfunction, an increased heart rate despite an overall reduction in autonomic modulation of heart activity and an impairment in the baroreflex sensitivity. (polimi.it)
  • Since SV recovered to baseline levels during the "pull" phase (HUT1-3), with TPR and forearm vascular resistance remaining depressed, baroreflex-mediated peripheral vascular control is delayed. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • In conclusion, LL disrupted the peripheral circadian rhythms more severely in liver than in WAT. (researchgate.net)
  • Frequency domain analysis reveals two peaks of energy (power) in the power spectra obtained with these methods: a low-frequency peak (LF) that represents modulation of RR intervals by baroreflex activity and a high-frequency peak (HF) that represents modulation of RR intervals by breathing. (intellewave.net)
  • Blood pressure, baroreflex response to sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and phenylephrine (PE) and renal functions study were performed on the day before and after receiving drugs which represented the control and the post-treatment values, respectively. (vin.com)
  • In conclusion, all training protocols led to reduced mortality, which may be due to an increase in physical capacity and to cardiovascular and autonomic benefits following training, regardless of any improvement in glycemic control. (fapesp.br)
  • OBJECTIVE: to determine the differences associated with age and endurance exercise training on the baroreflex function of healthy subjects. (ox.ac.uk)
  • The DOTC (bradycardic and tachycardic responses) and DOTA (tachycardic responses) groups showed attenuation in baroreflex dysfunction observed in DOS and DOTR, as well as an improvement in AP variance. (fapesp.br)
  • Baroreflex function in sedentary and endurance-trained elderly people. (ox.ac.uk)
  • It has been shown that baroreflex function was also impaired in patients with MSA ( 10 , 11 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • I came to the conclusion that if there was an actual physiological effect of the energy healing that this would be triggered within the nervous system, and more specifically, the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). (reiki.org)
  • Conclusions: In older individuals, three hours of sitting did not influence cognitive performance or cerebral perfusion. (edu.au)
  • Conclusion: Pre-clinical evidence supports a relevant role for ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas receptor axis in several neuropsychiatric conditions, including stress-related and mood disorders, cerebrovascular ischemic and hemorrhagic lesions and neurodegenerative diseases. (eurekaselect.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: The microshear bond strength of resin composite bonded to hypomineralized enamel was significantly lower than for control enamel. (who.int)
  • Paxil did not attenuate the sympathoinhibition or vagotonia associated with a positive LBNP response and had no significant effect on baroreflex control of SNA. (elsevierpure.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS Our results show that continuously recorded patients' vital signs may help in automatic early identification of sepsis in the early hours of ICU stay. (polimi.it)
  • Indeed, a lower (impaired) baroreflex gain despite the high systolic pressure values is associated with a higher probability of being septic. (polimi.it)
  • Conclusion: The present study concluded that the majority of the population had a regular habit of taking hot water and experienced improvement and relief from menstrual cramps. (sciencegate.app)
  • Watkins added that the design of the study prevents definitive conclusions regarding the effects of antidepressant drugs. (sciencedaily.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: The present data demonstrate robust ICC validity of a WMH growth/regression protocol over a one-year period as measured by cross-site inter-rater and test-retest reliability. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: both components of the baroreflex measured by the alpha-index show a decrease with age. (ox.ac.uk)
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