Cardiac changes during arousals from non-REM sleep in healthy volunteers

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nalivaiko, Eugene ^a,d   Catcheside, Peter G ^c   Adams, Amanda ^c   Jordan, Amy S ^c   Eckert, Danny J ^c   McEvoy, R Doug ^b,c  

^a Centre for Neuroscience   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrio ventricular node; Autonomic; QT; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SINUS NODE; TACHYCARDIA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847746274     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00642.2006     Document Type: Article

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