Heat acclimation has a protective effect on the central but not peripheral nervous system

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Racinais, S, Wilson, MG, Gaoua, N and Periard, JP (2017). Heat acclimation has a protective effect on the central but not peripheral nervous system. Journal of Applied Physiology. 123 (4), pp. 816-824. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00430.2017
AuthorsRacinais, S, Wilson, MG, Gaoua, N and Periard, JP
Abstract

This study aimed to clarify the pathway mediating hyperthermia-induced alterations in neural drive transmission, and determine if heat acclimation protects voluntary muscle activation and cognitive function in hyperthermic humans. Electrically evoked potentials (H-reflex and M-wave), executive function (special planning and working memory) and maximal voluntary isometric contractions (120 s) were assessed in fourteen participants in control condition (CON, 24ºC, 40% RH) and hyperthermic states (HYP, 44-50ºC, 50% RH), on consecutive days in a counterbalanced order. Thereafter, Participants were passively heat acclimated for 11 days (1 h per day, 48-50ºC, 50% RH) before repeating the initial assessments. Heat acclimation decreased rectal temperature in CON (-0.2ºC, p<0.05), but participants were maintained at ~39ºC in HYP. Heat acclimation increased the time required to reach 39ºC (+9 min), along with sweat rate (+0.7 l.h-1) and serum eHSP72 (+20%) in HYP (p<0.05). M-wave and H-reflex amplitudes were lower in HYP than CON (p<0.05) and were not protected by heat acclimation. Nerve conduction velocity was faster in HYP than CON (p<0.05) without being influenced by heat acclimation. These results suggest that peripheral neural drive transmission in the hyperthermic state is primarily affected by axonal conduction velocity rather than synaptic failure. Executive function, voluntary activation, and the ability to sustain torque were impaired in HYP (p<0.05). However, despite no perceptual changes (p>0.05), heat acclimation restored executive function, whilst protecting the ability to sustain voluntary activation and torque production during a prolonged contraction in hyperthermia (p<0.05). Ultimately, heat acclimation induces beneficial central but not peripheral neural adaptations.

Keywords06 Biological Sciences; 11 Medical And Health Sciences; Physiology
Year2017
JournalJournal of Applied Physiology
Journal citation123 (4), pp. 816-824
PublisherAmerican Physiological Society
ISSN8750-7587
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00430.2017
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