The influence of maturation and sex on intracranial blood velocities during exercise in children

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY(2024)

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Cerebral blood velocity (CBv) increases in response to moderate exercise in humans, but the magnitude of change is smaller in children compared with postpubertal adolescents and adults. Whether sex differences exist in the anterior or posterior CBv response to exercise across pubertal development remains to be determined. We assessed middle cerebral artery (MCAv) and posterior cerebral artery (PCAv) blood velocity via transcranial Doppler in 38 prepubertal (18 males) and 48 postpubertal (23 males) with cerebrovascular and cardiorespiratory measures compared at baseline and ventilatory threshold. At baseline, MCAv was higher in both sexes pre- versus postpuberty. Females demonstrated a greater MCAv (P < 0.001) than their male counterparts (prepubertal females; 78 +/- 11 cm center dot s(-1) vs. prepubertal males; 72 +/- 8 cm center dot s(-1), and postpubertal females; 68 +/- 10 cm center dot s(-1) vs. postpubertal males; 62 +/- 7 cm center dot s(-1)). During exercise, MCAv remained higher in postpubertal females versus males (81 +/- 15 cm center dot s(-1) vs. 73 +/- 11 cm center dot s(-1)), but there were no differences in prepuberty. The relative increase in PCAv was greater in post- versus prepubertal females (51 +/- 9 cm center dot s(-1) vs. 45 +/- 11 cm center dot s(-1); P = 0.032) but was similar in males and females. Our findings suggest that biological sex alters anterior cerebral blood velocities at rest in both pre- and postpubertal youth, but the response to submaximal exercise is only influenced by sex postpuberty. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Cerebral blood velocity (CBv) in the anterior circulation was higher in females compared with males irrespective of maturational stage, but not in the posterior circulation. In response to exercise, females demonstrated a greater CBv compared with males, especially post-peak height velocity (post-PHV) where the CBv response to exercise was more pronounced. Our findings suggest that both CBv at rest and in response to acute submaximal exercise are altered by biological sex in a maturity-dependent manner.
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adolescents,brain blood flow,cerebral blood flow,cerebral blood velocity,exercise,exercise in adolescents
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