Effects of Gender and Aging on Differential Autonomic Responses to Orthostatic Maneuvers

• Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology Vol. 19; no. 12; pp. 1296 - 1303
• Main Authors: BARANTKE, MELANIE, KRAUSS, TIMOTHY, ORTAK, JASMIN, LIEB, WOLFGANG, REPPEL, MICHAEL, BURGDORF, CHRISTOF, PRAMSTALLER, PETER P., SCHUNKERT, HERIBERT, BONNEMEIER, HENDRIK
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological - physiology; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; aging; Aging - physiology; Autonomic Nervous System - physiology; Baroreflex - physiology; baroreflex sensitivity; Blood Pressure - physiology; Child; Female; gender; Heart Rate - physiology; heart rate variability; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; orthostatic maneuvers; Posture - physiology; Sex Factors; Young Adult

Background: There are gender differences in heart rate and blood pressure response to postural change. Also, normal aging is often associated with diminished cardiac autonomic modulation during postural change from supine to upright position. Nevertheless, the exact mechanisms of these physiological...