Development and evaluation of two automated methods for quantifying human muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 221-235

  Rothman, J L S ^a   Easty, A C ^a   Frecker, R C ^b   Floras, J S ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptor reflex; Digital signal processing; Humans; Microneurography; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER; HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLES; PERONEAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SUPINE POSITION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0025912971     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-4825(91)90004-S     Document Type: Article

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