New methods for the non-invasive assessment of sympathetic activity during sleep

Somnologie

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-73

  Penzel, Thomas ^a   Brandenburg, Ulrich ^a   Fricke, Ralph ^a   Peter, Jörg Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arousal; Autonomous nervous function; Peripheral arterial tonometry; Pulse transit time; Sleep apnoea; Sub cortical arousal; Sympathetic tone

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY TONE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PRESSURE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 0036294810     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-054X.2002.02178.x     Document Type: Review

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