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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2023

Greater resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity reduces cold pressor autonomic reactivity in older women, but not older men.

John D Akins, Yoshiyuki Okada, Joseph M Hendrix, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, 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 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

John D AkinsInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States.
Yoshiyuki OkadaInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States.
Joseph M HendrixThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Wanpen VongpatanasinThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Qi FuInstitute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States.
Presbyterian Hospital · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USHiroshima University · JP

Funding

Hypertension and Antihypertensive Therapy in Elderly WomenR01HL091078 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FU, QI · 2008 to 2011
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous work demonstrates augmented muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) responses to the cold pressor test (CPT) in older women. Given its interindividual variability, however, the influence of baseline MSNA on CPT reactivity in older adults remains unknown. Sixty volunteers (60-83y; 30 women) completed testing where MSNA (microneurography), blood pressure (BP), and heart rate (HR) were recorded during baseline and a 2-min CPT (~4°C). Participant data were terciled by baseline MSNA (n=10/group); comparisons were made between the high baseline men (HM) and women (HW), and low baseline men (LM) and women (LW). By design, HM and HW, vs. LM and LW, had greater baseline MSNA burst frequency (37±5 and 38±3 vs. 9±4 and 15±5 bursts/min) and burst incidence (59±14 and 60±8 vs. 16±10 and 23±7 bursts/100hbs; both

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blood pressuresex differencesstress responsessympathetic activity

Identifiers

PMID36971420
PMCPMC10110704
OpenAlexW4361004411

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