Fractal noises and motions in time series of presympathetic and sympathetic neural activities

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1176-1184

  Gebber, Gerard L ^a   Orer, Hakan S ^a,b   Barman, Susan M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CAT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644857144     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01021.2005     Document Type: Article

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