Primary vagally mediated decelerations in heart rate during tonic rapid eye movement sleep in cats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 4 43-4, 1998, Pages

  Verrier, Richard L ^a,b   Lau, T Rern ^c,d   Wallooppillai, Umesha ^a   Quattrochi, James ^b,c   Nearing, Bruce D ^a,b   Moreno, Ricardo ^a,b   Hobson, J Allan ^b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Mental Health Hospital   (United States)

^d HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asystole; Pause; Phasic rapid eye movement sleep

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031969421     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.4.r1136     Document Type: Article

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