Spontaneous fluctuations of human pupil reflect central autonomic rhythms

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-145

  Calcagnini, Giovanni ^a   Censi, F ^a   Lino, S ^a   Cerutti, S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Autonomic Nervous System; Pupil Diameter Fluctuations; Spectral Analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TILT TABLE TEST;

EID: 0033932216     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634277     Document Type: Article

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