Differential analysis in the time domain of the baroreceptor cardiac reflex sensitivity as a function of sequence length

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-488

  Reyes Del Paso, Gustavo A ^a   Hernández, José A ^a   González, M Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor reflex sensitivity; Blood pressure; Cardiac sequence length; Heart period; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STUDENT; VAGUS TONE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PRESSORECEPTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2642577581     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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