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ReviewClinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society2020

Sex differences in vascular transduction of sympathetic nerve activity.

Sarah L Hissen, Chloe E Taylor

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Review in Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05997732 (Sympathetic Neurovascular Transduction), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05997732 phase4recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Sympathetic Neurovascular Transduction: Role of Adrenergic Receptors and Sex Differences

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of AlbertaRan2023 to 2027Enrolled30ConditionsVasoconstriction, VasodilationArmsPhenylephrine Hydrochloride, Isoproterenol Hydrochloride, Norepinephrine Bitartrate, Propranolol Hydrochloride, Phentolamine Mesylate
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Resting sympathetic transduction in veterans with PTSD.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026
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  6. Sympathetic transduction to blood pressure during euglycemic-hyperinsulinemia in young healthy adults: role of burst amplitude.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2023
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  7. Comparison of signal-averaging and regression approaches to analyzing sympathetic transduction.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2022
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  9. Impact of sampling duration on spontaneous sympathetic transduction.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2022
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  12. Advances in pathogenesis and treatment of essential hypertension.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022
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  14. Forearm vascular resistance responses to the Valsalva maneuver in healthy young and older adults.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2021
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  17. The impact of ageing and sex on sympathetic neurocirculatory regulation.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2021
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  18. Aerobic fitness and sympathetic responses to spontaneous muscle sympathetic nerve activity in young males.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2021
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  19. Sympathetic transduction in humans: recent advances and methodological considerations.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2021
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  20. Sex differences in cardiovascular autonomic control: introduction to the special issue.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah L HissenInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
Chloe E TaylorSchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown Campus, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, Sydney, NSW, 2751, Australia. C.Taylor@westernsydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-6867-3373
Presbyterian Hospital · USWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSympathetic vasoconstriction plays a major role in the beat-to-beat control of blood pressure. To be effective and thus avoid dangerously high or low blood pressures, this mechanism relies upon transduction of sympathetic nerve activity at the level of the vasculature. However, recent evidence suggests that considerable variability exists in beat-to-beat vascular transduction, particularly between the sexes.

methodsWe reviewed the methods available for quantifying beat-to-beat transduction of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and explored the recent evidence for sex differences in vascular transduction. We paid specific attention to relationships between vascular transduction and factors such as resting levels of sympathetic nerve activity and baroreflex sensitivity.

resultsThere are two dominant methods now available for the quantification of beat-to-beat transduction of muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest. Whilst there is some evidence to suggest that young females exhibit lower levels of vascular transduction, results vary depending on the method used and the direction of change in MSNA. Evidence suggests that compensatory relationships may exist between key components of neurovascular control, such as vascular transduction and resting levels of MSNA. Also consistent is the presence of such relationships in young males but not young females.

conclusionThe lack of significant relationships in young females may reflect the influence of vasodilator mechanisms that counteract sympathetic vasoconstriction. The assessment of vascular transduction following MSNA bursts and non-bursts in males and females, both young and older, may help to gain a mechanistic understanding of the prevalence of hypotensive and hypertensive disorders across the lifespan.

Indexed as

Sex CharacteristicsSympathetic Nervous SystemBaroreflexBlood PressureFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleMuscle, SkeletalBaroreflexBlood pressureMuscle sympathetic nerve activitySex differencesVasoconstriction

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PMID32865664
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