The regulation of total body water that defines human hydration status is a complex and dynamic process. Current methods of assessing hydration status (e.g. hematologic and urinary analyses) lack the ability to track changes in hydration status in real-time due to whole-body homeostatic physiologic processes required to maintain central pressure and cardiovascular function. This project will address this problem by assessing the relationship between autonomic function (measured using heart rate variability), a brain-derived process that regulates cardiovascular function, and changes in the hydration-mediated hormone vasopressin.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Infusion of hypertonic saline to induce an osmotic secretion of the hormone vasopressin
Infusion of normal saline to inhibit the secretion of the hormone vasopressin
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Change in autonomic function
Changes in parasympathetic and sympathetic tone as measured by heart rate variability
Time frame: 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, 120 minutes of saline infusion period
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