Neurocardiac and cerebral responses evoked by esophageal vago-afferent stimulation in humans: Effect of varying intensities

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-599

  Kamath, Markad V ^a   Hollerbach, Stephan ^b   Bajwa, Absar ^a   Fallen, Ernest L ^a   Upton, Adrian R M ^a   Tougas, Gervais ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Clinical; Discipline; ECG; Heart rate variability; Signal transduction; Sinus node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 18344403249     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00190-4     Document Type: Article

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