Uncoupling of the autonomic and cardiovascular systems in acute brain injury

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 4 44-4, 1998, Pages

  Goldstein, Brahm ^a   Toweill, Daniel ^a   Lai, Susanna ^a   Sonnenthal, Karen ^a   Kimberly, Brent ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Power spectral analysis; Transfer function magnitude; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031768126     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.4.r1287     Document Type: Article

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