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Static and dynamic autonomic response with increasing nausea perception.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21485400     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Nausea is a commonly occurring symptom typified by epigastric discomfort with urge to vomit. The relationship between autonomic nervous system (ANS) outflow and increasing nausea perception is not fully understood.
METHODS: Our study employed a nauseogenic visual stimulus (horizontally translating stripes) while 17 female subjects freely rated transitions in nausea level and autonomic outflow was measured (heart rate, HR; heart rate variability, HRV; skin conductance response, SCR; respiratory rate). We also adopted a recent approach to continuous high-frequency (HF) HRV estimation to evaluate dynamic cardiovagal modulation.
RESULTS: HR increased from baseline for all increasing nausea transitions, especially transition to strong nausea (15.0 +/- 11.4 bpm), but decreased (-6.6 +/- 4.6 bpm) once the visual stimulus ceased. SCR also increased for all increasing nausea transitions, especially transition to strong nausea (1.76 +/- 1.68 microS), but continued to increase (0.52 +/- 0.65 microS) once visual stimulation ceased. LF/HF HRV increased following transition to moderate (1.54 +/- 2.11 a.u.) and strong (2.57 +/- 3.49 a.u.) nausea, suggesting a sympathetic shift in sympathovagal balance. However, dynamic HF HRV suggested that bursts of cardiovagal modulation precede transitions to higher nausea, perhaps influencing subjects to rate higher levels of nausea. No significant change in respiration rate was found.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that increasing nausea perception is associated with both increased sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic ANS modulation. These findings corroborate past ANS studies of nausea, applying perception-linked analyses and dynamic estimation of cardiovagal modulation in response to nausea.
Authors:
Lauren T LaCount; Riccardo Barbieri; Kyungmo Park; Jieun Kim; Emery N Brown; Braden Kuo; Vitaly Napadow
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Aviation, space, and environmental medicine     Volume:  82     ISSN:  0095-6562     ISO Abbreviation:  Aviat Space Environ Med     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-12     Completed Date:  2011-05-12     Revised Date:  2012-04-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7501714     Medline TA:  Aviat Space Environ Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  424-33     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 Thirteenth St., #2301, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms
Autonomic Nervous System / physiology*
Female
Galvanic Skin Response
Heart Rate
Humans
Nausea / physiopathology*
Parasympathetic Nervous System / physiology*
Respiratory Rate
Space Flight
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1 UL1 RR025758-01/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; F05-AT003770/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; K01 AT002166-05/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; K23-DK069614/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P01-AT002048/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; P41RR14075/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; R01 AT004714-03/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; R01 HL084502-05/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01-AT004714/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; R01-HL084502/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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