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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 268: R278-R285, 1995;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 268, Issue 1 278-R285, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Aging effects on human sympathetic neuronal function

M. D. Esler, A. G. Turner, D. M. Kaye, J. M. Thompson, B. A. Kingwell, M. Morris, G. W. Lambert, G. L. Jennings, H. S. Cox and D. R. Seals
Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Melbourne, Australia.

To study the effect of aging on human sympathetic nervous function, we applied kinetic methods for measuring the fluxes to plasma of neurochemicals relevant to sympathetic neurotransmission in younger (aged 20-30 yr) and older (aged 60-75 yr) healthy men. Mean plasma norepinephrine concentration was 66% higher in older men, attributable to 22% lower norepinephrine plasma clearance (P < 0.05) and 29% higher norepinephrine spillover to plasma (difference not statistically significant). Regional venous sampling disclosed that sympathetic outflow to all organs was not activated by aging. Renal norepinephrine spillover was normal in older men. Although spillover of norepinephrine from the heart was increased in older men, 21.1 +/- 11.4 ng/min compared with 11.4 +/- 8.6 ng/min (P < 0.05), diminished norepinephrine reuptake rather than increased cardiac sympathetic nerve firing was the most likely cause, although somewhat reduced intracardiac methylation of norepinephrine with aging also possibly contributed. The extraction of tritiated norepinephrine from plasma during transit through the heart was reduced, suggesting neuronal norepinephrine reuptake was lowered and overflow of the norepinephrine precursor dihydroxyphenylalanine and metabolites dihydroxyphenylglycol and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy phenylglycol was normal, indicating that norepinephrine synthesis and release were not increased.


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