Inhibition of sympathetic vasomotor outflow during low-intensity leg cycling is attenuated in healthy older females

Aging does not affect the sympathoinhibitory effect of the cardiopulmonary baroreflex during low-intensity dynamic exercise in males; however, its impact on females remains unknown. The reduction in muscle sympathetic nerve activity burst frequency during low-intensity leg cycling was smaller in older females than in younger females, even with similar changes in estimated central venous pressure. In females, muscle pump-induced inhibition of sympathetic vasomotor outflow during leg cycling may be attenuated with advancing age.