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  • Title: Impact of sex on the cerebrovascular response to incremental aerobic exercise in moderately trained endurance athletes.
    Author: Chamoun N, Drapeau A, Labrecque L, Imhoff S, Roy MA, Billaut F, Rahimaly K, Brassard P.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol (1985); 2023 Jun 01; 134(6):1470-1480. PubMed ID: 37102699.
    Abstract:
    The cerebrovascular response to incremental aerobic exercise is comparable between males and females. Whether this response can be found in moderately trained athletes remains unknown. We aimed to examine the effect of sex on the cerebrovascular response to incremental aerobic exercise until volitional exhaustion in this population. Twenty-two moderately trained athletes (11 M/11 F; age: 25 ± 5 vs. 26 ± 6 yr, P = 0.6478; peak oxygen consumption: 55.8 ± 5.2 vs. 48.3 ± 4 mL/kg/min; P = 0.0011; training volume: 532 ± 173 vs. 466 ± 151 min/wk, P = 0.3554) performed a maximal ergocycle exercise test. Systemic and cerebrovascular hemodynamics were measured. At rest, middle cerebral artery mean blood velocity (MCAvmean; 64.1 ± 12.7 vs. 72.2 ± 15.3 cm·s-1; P = 0.2713) was not different between groups, whereas partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide ([Formula: see text], 42 ± 3 vs. 37 ± 2 mmHg, P = 0.0002) was higher in males. During the MCAvmean ascending phase, changes in MCAvmean (intensity: P < 0.0001, sex: P = 0.3184, interaction: P = 0.9567) were not different between groups. Changes in cardiac output ([Formula: see text]) (intensity: P < 0.0001, sex: P < 0.0001, interaction: P < 0.0001) and [Formula: see text] (intensity: P < 0.0001, sex: P < 0.0001, interaction: P < 0.0001) were higher in males. During the MCAvmean descending phase, changes in MCAvmean (intensity: P < 0.0001, sex: P = 0.5522, interaction: P = 0.4828) and [Formula: see text] (intensity: P = 0.0550, sex: P = 0.0003, interaction: P = 0.2715) were not different between groups. Changes in [Formula: see text] (intensity P < 0.0001, sex: P < 0.0001, interaction: P = 0.0280) were higher in males. These results suggest the MCAvmean response during exercise is comparable between moderately trained males and females notwithstanding differences in the response of key cerebral blood flow determinants.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The results of this study suggest the cerebrovascular response between moderately endurance-trained males and females is comparable in spite of a higher arterial carbon dioxide and cardiac output in males compared with females during incremental aerobic exercise until volitional exhaustion. This could help in providing a better understanding of the key differences in cerebral blood flow regulation between males and females during aerobic exercise.
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