Does low-frequency variability of heart period reflect a specific parasympathetic mechanism?

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 30-38

  Grasso, Renato ^a   Schena, Federico ^a   Gulli, Giosuè ^a   Cevese, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptor reflex; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; REST; STANDING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030983718     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(96)00128-2     Document Type: Article

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