Effect of facial cooling and cold air inhalation on sympathetic nerve activity in men

被引:48
作者
Heindl, S [1 ]
Struck, J [1 ]
Wellhöner, P [1 ]
Sayk, F [1 ]
Dodt, C [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lubeck, Dept Internal Med 1, D-23538 Lubeck, Germany
关键词
mammal; humans; nervous system; sympathetic; airway cooling; temperature; facial cooling; cold air inhalation; upper airways; cold exposure;
D O I
10.1016/j.resp.2004.05.004
中图分类号
Q4 [生理学];
学科分类号
071003 ;
摘要
In nine healthy subjects, cold stimuli were administered to the forehead and hand, to the oral and nasal cavities via ice cubes and to the bronchial system via inhalation of cold air (-25 degreesC. Blood pressure, heart rate and muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) from the peroneal nerve were recorded. MSNA expressed as total activity increased during cold air inhalation, cooling of the forehead (P < 0.001, ANOVA), hand and mouth (P less than or equal to 0.05), paralleled by a rise in blood pressure during cold air inhalation and cooling of the forehead and hand (P < 0.01). Cooling of the forehead provoked a faster increase of MSNA expressed as total activity (P < 0.05) and higher levels of diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.05) compared with cooling of the hand. Bradycardia was observed only during cooling of the nasal cavity (P < 0.001) and the forehead (P < 0.05). It is concluded that cooling of the skin and mucous membranes of the tracheobronchial tract elicits sympathetically mediated hemodynamic adaptations, probably via stimulation of cold-sensitive afferents. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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