The effect of gender on autonomic and respiratory responses during sleep among both young and middle-aged subjects

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 760-767

  Richard, M ^a,b   LeBlanc, A R ^b   Pennestri, M H ^a,b   Montplaisir, J ^a,b   Carrier, J ^a,b   Lavigne, G ^a,b   Lanfranchi, P A ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Autonomic nervous system; Gender; Respiration; RR variability; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RESPIRATION; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 34547668055     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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