title: Comparison of cardiac autonomic nervous system disturbed by sleep deprivation in sex and menstrual phase.
abstract: Sleep deprivation (SD) leads to cardiovascular risk by disturbing autonomic nervous system (ANS). Whether sex or menstrual cycle influences cardiac ANS interfered by SD remained unclear. This investigation was to further clarify the effects of different menstrual phases on cardiac autonomic nervous activity disturbed by SD. Methodologically, cardiac autonomic modulation before and after 30 h of total SD was determined by spectral analysis of heart rate variability in 10 healthy females during the mid-follicular (FF) and mid-luteal (FL) phases and 10 healthy males. The result showed that before SD, the FF subjects, but not FL, had higher normalized high frequency (nHF) (vagal activity) or lower ratio of low frequency (LF) to high frequency(HF) power (sympathetic activity) while performing deep breathing or Valsalva maneuver (40 mmHg) than the male subjects did. However, the SD for 30 h in the FF group significantly increased the LF/HF ratio and decreased nHF level at rest and in responses to deep breathing and Valsalva maneuver, despite no significant change of HRV in either male or FL group. Simultaneously, the SD substantially lowered venous PCO₂ in the FF group, and the decreased PCO₂ level was associated with the increased LF/HF ratio following SD. We concluded that 30-h acute SD promotes sympathetic and depresses [corrected] parasympathetic activities in female during the follicular phase rather than the luteal phase. Compared to FF, SD-triggered cardiac sympathetic activation is blunted in FL. The study provides further insight into the physiology of acute SD in different sex and menstrual phases.
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, Republic of China.|Healthy Aging Research Center, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Medical Collage, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Shu-Chun
authors: SC
authors: Huang
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Alice M K
authors: AM
authors: Wong
authors: Healthy Aging Research Center, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Medical Collage, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Ching-Wen
authors: CW
authors: Ho
authors: Healthy Aging Research Center, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Medical Collage, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Tzu-Pin
authors: TP
authors: Weng
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Shu-Chuan
authors: SC
authors: Cheng
authors: Healthy Aging Research Center, Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Medical Collage, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Jong-Shyan
authors: JS
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics