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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2023

Differential regulation of sympathetic neural burst frequency and amplitude throughout normal pregnancy: a longitudinal study.

Andrew W D'Souza, Sarah L Hissen, Yoshiyuki Okada, Sara S Jarvis, Takuro Washio, John D Akins, David B Nelson, Qi Fu

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Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrew W D'SouzaNeurovascular Research Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7024-0446
Sarah L HissenInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Yoshiyuki OkadaInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Sara S JarvisInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Takuro WashioInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-8992-0916
John D AkinsInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.ORCID 0000-0003-0172-9154
David B NelsonInternal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Qi FuInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-4218-9126
Presbyterian Hospital · USHiroshima University · JPNorthern Arizona University · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USWestern University · CA

Funding

Obesity and Sleep Apnea in PregnancyR01HL142605 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FU, QI · 2018 to 2021
$2.9M
Gender &orthostatic intolerance: mechanisms and therapyK23HL075283 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FU, QI · 2004 to 2008
$622k
Vasomotor Sympathetic Activity during Early Pregnancy in HumansR21HL088184 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FU, QI · 2009 to 2010
$424k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL075283NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL142605NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL088184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sympathetic activation is a hallmark of pregnancy. However, longitudinal assessments of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) in pregnancy are scarce and have primarily focused on burst occurrence (frequency) at rest, despite burst strength (amplitude) representing distinct characteristics of sympathetic outflow. Thus, we assessed MSNA burst amplitude distributions in healthy women to determine the impact of normal pregnancy on neural discharge patterns in response to orthostatic stress. Twenty-six women were studied longitudinally during pre-, early- (4-8 wk of gestation), and late (32-36 wk) pregnancy, as well as postpartum (6-10 wk after delivery). MSNA, blood pressure (BP), and heart rate (HR) were measured in the supine posture and during graded head-up tilt (30° and 60° HUT). Mean and median MSNA burst amplitudes were used to characterize burst amplitude distribution. In late pregnancy, women demonstrated smaller increases in HR (

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DizzinessMuscle, SkeletalBaroreflexBlood PressureFemaleHeart RateHumansLongitudinal StudiesPregnancySympathetic Nervous Systemburst amplitude distributionhead-up tiltmicroneurographymuscle sympathetic nerve activity

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PMID36534586
PMCPMC9902229
OpenAlexW4311927720

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