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Vagal determinants of exercise capacity.

Machhada, A; Trapp, S; Marina, N; Stephens, RCM; Whittle, J; Lythgoe, MF; Kasparov, S; ... Gourine, AV; + view all (2017) Vagal determinants of exercise capacity. Nature Communications , 8 , Article 15097. 10.1038/ncomms15097. Green open access

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Abstract

Indirect measures of cardiac vagal activity are strongly associated with exercise capacity, yet a causal relationship has not been established. Here we show that in rats, genetic silencing of the largest population of brainstem vagal preganglionic neurons residing in the brainstem's dorsal vagal motor nucleus dramatically impairs exercise capacity, while optogenetic recruitment of the same neuronal population enhances cardiac contractility and prolongs exercise endurance. These data provide direct experimental evidence that parasympathetic vagal drive generated by a defined CNS circuit determines the ability to exercise. Decreased activity and/or gradual loss of the identified neuronal cell group provides a neurophysiological basis for the progressive decline of exercise capacity with aging and in diverse disease states.

Type: Article
Title: Vagal determinants of exercise capacity.
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15097
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15097
Language: English
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Keywords: Autonomic nervous system, Cardiovascular biology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1556996
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