Effect of aging on gender differences in neural control of heart rate

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 6 46-6, 1999, Pages

  Kuo, Terry B J ^a,b   Lin, Tsann ^c   Yang, Cheryl C H ^a   Li, Chia Lin ^d   Chen, Chieh Fu ^e   Chou, Pesus ^d  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Yu Chi Health Station   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Frequency domain analysis; Gender difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033369221     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.6.h2233     Document Type: Article

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