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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 287, Issue 3, Pages R586-R591Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00612.2003
Keywords
regional blood flow; blood pressure; circulation
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01-RR-010732, C06-RR-016499] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [K24-HL-004011, R01-HL-070222] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [R01-AG-012227] Funding Source: Medline
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The myogenic response, the inherent ability of blood vessels to rapidly respond to changes in transmural pressure, is involved in local blood flow autoregulation. Animal studies suggest that aging impairs the myogenic response. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of changes in transmural pressure on mean blood velocity (MBV, cm/s) in young and older subjects. Twelve younger men and women ( 25 +/- 1 yr) were gender and body composition matched to twelve older men and women ( 65 +/- 1 yr). A specially designed tank raised or lowered forearm pressure by 50 mmHg within 0.2 s. Brachial artery MBV was measured directly above the site of forearm pressure change using Doppler methods. In response to increasing transmural pressure (i.e., release of + 50 mmHg), older subjects compared with younger subjects had significantly lower peak MBV ( Delta 12.43 +/- 1.16 vs. Delta 17.97 +/- 2.01 cm/s; P < 0.05), reduced rates in the dynamic fall of MBV after peak values were achieved ( vasoconstriction) ( - 1.88 +/- 0.17 vs. - 2.90 +/- 0.28 cm center dot s(-1) center dot s(-1); P < 0.05), and lower MBV values with sustained suction. In response to decreasing transmural pressure (i.e., change to + 50 mmHg), there was a significantly greater increase in MBV (Delta peak flow from trough 7.71 +/- 1.32 vs. 4.38 +/- 0.71 cm/s; P < 0.05) and a trend toward a greater rate of rise in MBV (vasodilation; 1.61 +/- 0.29 vs. 0.96 +/- 0.21 cm center dot s(-1) center dot s(-1); P = 0.08) in the older subjects. Older subjects compared with the younger subjects exhibited decreased dynamic vasoconstriction, enhanced steady-state constriction, as well as evidence for enhanced dynamic vasodilation responses to sustained alterations in forearm transmural pressure.
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