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Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Central Arterial Stiffness in Habitually Exercising Healthy Adults

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Physiology, August 2018
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Title
Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Central Arterial Stiffness in Habitually Exercising Healthy Adults
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Frontiers in Physiology, August 2018
DOI 10.3389/fphys.2018.01096
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Kathleen B. Miller, Anna J. Howery, Ronée E. Harvey, Marlowe W. Eldridge, Jill N. Barnes

Abstract

Reduced cerebrovascular reactivity to a vasoactive stimulus is associated with age-related diseases such as stroke and cognitive decline. Habitual exercise is protective against cognitive decline and is associated with reduced stiffness of the large central arteries that perfuse the brain. In this context, we evaluated the age-related differences in cerebrovascular reactivity in healthy adults who habitually exercise. In addition, we sought to determine the association between central arterial stiffness and cerebrovascular reactivity. We recruited 22 young (YA: age = 27 ± 5 years, range 18-35 years) and 21 older (OA: age = 60 ± 4 years, range 56-68 years) habitual exercisers who partake in at least 150 min of structured aerobic exercise each week. Middle cerebral artery velocity (MCAv) was recorded using transcranial Doppler ultrasound. In order to assess cerebrovascular reactivity, MCAv, end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were continuously recorded at rest and during stepwise elevations of 2, 4, and 6% inhaled CO2. Cerebrovascular conductance index (CVCi) was calculated as MCAv/MAP. Central arterial stiffness was assessed using carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV). Older adults had higher PWV (YA: 6.2 ± 1.2 m/s; OA: 7.5 ± 1.3 m/s; p < 0.05) compared with young adults. MCAv and CVCi reactivity to hypercapnia were not different between young and older adults (MCAv reactivity, YA: 2.0 ± 0.2 cm/s/mmHg; OA: 2.0 ± 0.2 cm/s/mmHg; p = 0.77, CVCi reactivity, YA: 0.018 ± 0.002 cm/s/mmHg2; OA: 0.015 ± 0.001 cm/s/mmHg2; p = 0.27); however, older adults demonstrated higher MAP reactivity to hypercapnia (YA: 0.4 ± 0.1 mmHg/mmHg; OA: 0.7 ± 0.1 mmHg/mmHg; p < 0.05). There were no associations between PWV and cerebrovascular reactivity (range: r = 0.00-0.39; p = 0.07-0.99). Our results demonstrate that cerebrovascular reactivity was not different between young and older adults who habitually exercise; however, MAP reactivity was augmented in older adults. This suggests an age-associated difference in the reliance on MAP to increase cerebral blood flow during hypercapnia.

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Unknown 64 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 11%
Student > Bachelor 6 9%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 8%
Other 10 16%
Unknown 22 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 23%
Sports and Recreations 5 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 5%
Engineering 3 5%
Neuroscience 3 5%
Other 8 13%
Unknown 27 42%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 September 2018.
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#6,061,579
of 23,102,082 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Physiology
#2,720
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Outputs of similar age
#104,888
of 333,264 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Physiology
#149
of 493 outputs
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