Sympathetic dysfunction is associated with worse fatigue and early and subtle symptoms in heart failure: an exploratory sex-stratified analysis

N Stutsman, B Habecker, N Pavlovic… - European Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims Physical symptoms impact patients with heart failure (HF) despite treatment
advancements; however, our understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying HF …

Sex differences in sympathetic activity and pulse wave velocity in adults with chronic kidney disease

MG Zanuzzi, J Jeong… - American Journal of …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by sympathetic nervous system (SNS)
overactivity that contributes to increased vascular stiffness and cardiovascular risk. Although …

Sympathetic Baroreflex Sensitivity is Enhanced in Postmenopausal Women

SJ McGinty, EL Matthews, JL Greaney… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
The sympathetic nervous system is critical for regulating blood pressure (BP) via the arterial
baroreflex as well as sympathetic transduction in the peripheral vasculature. These …

Intra-and interday reliability of sympathetic transduction to blood pressure in young, healthy adults

AL Teixeira, M Nardone, IA Fernandes… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Microneurographic recordings of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and the
succeeding changes in beat-to-beat blood pressure (ie, sympathetic transduction) provide …

Reflex sympathetic activation to inspiratory muscle loading is attenuated in females relative to males

MG Leahy, SA Busch, SF Thrall… - American Journal …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Intense inspiratory muscle work can evoke a metabolite stimulated pressor reflex, commonly
referred to as the respiratory muscle metaboreflex. When completing similar relative and …

Nadir blood pressure responses to longer consecutive cardiac cycle sequences absent of sympathetic bursts are associated with popliteal endothelial-dependent …

MW O'Brien, BD Schwartz, JL Petterson… - Autonomic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose The nadir pressure responses to cardiac cycles absent of muscle sympathetic
nerve activity (MSNA) bursts (or non-bursts) are typically reported in studies quantifying …