Sexual dimorphism in the complexity of cardiac pacemaker activity

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 4 52-4, 2002, Pages

  Kuo, Terry B J ^a,b   Yang, Cheryl C H ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chaos; Discharge pattern; Gender difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0036783611     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00169.2002     Document Type: Article

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