Evaluation and prediction of age-dependent adaptive capabilities in women depending on the initial state of autonomic heart rhythm regulation

Abstract

This paper studies the specifics of individual emotional experiences in women of average and elderly age depending on the background of autonomic heart regulation, heart rhythm variability (HRV) (vagotonia, normotonia, sympathotonia). Computer pulse diagnostics was used to physiologically monitor the functional state of the subjects during the emotional trial. The internal induction of emotions in vagotonics and sympathotonics caused changes in autonomic balance towards activation of the sympathetic-adrenal level and an increase in the degree of stress on the regulatory systems of an organism, regardless of age. The spectral structure of HRV indicated a transition of rhythm regulation from the autonomic reflex level to the humoral-metabolic level. The functional state of normotensive patients in both age groups was regulated through a quick response system of the HF component. This indicates that persons with signs of autonomic imbalance have lower adaptive capabilities. It is shown that individual differences related to peculiarities of neurohumoral regulation are among the factors that determine the specificity and strength of emotional experience. The results make it possible to explain some of the mechanisms of neurogenic diseases.