A hypothesis: Autonomic rhythms are reflected in growth lines of teeth in humans and extinct archosaurs

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-119

  Appenzeller, O ^a   Gunga, H C ^b   Qualls, C ^c   Furlan, R ^d   Porta, A ^d   Lucas, S G ^e   Heckert, A B ^e   Kirsch, K ^b   Costa Junqueira, M A ^f   Guillen S E ^g   Sander, M ^h   Schneider, T ^b   Blottner, B ^b  

^a New Mex Hlth Enhancement M   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^g The Bioanthropology Foundation Peru   (Peru)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Biologic rhythms; Evolution; Extinct archosaurs; Human; Parametric and nonparametric autoregressive spectral analysis; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODONTOGENESIS; PALEODONTOLOGY; REPTILES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH;

EID: 19944430152     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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