Empirical mode decomposition to assess cardiovascular autonomic control in rats

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 481-496

  De Souza Neto, Edmundo Pereira ^a,b,c   Abry, Patrice ^a   Loiseau, Patrick ^a   Cejka, Jean Christophe ^b   Custaud, Marc Antoine ^d   Frutoso, Jean ^b   Gharib, Claude ^b   Flandrin, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha gain; Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Empirical mode decomposition; LF HF decomposition; Non standard spectral analysis; Rats; RR intervals

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE; METHACHOLINE; PHENTOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; MALE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHENTOLAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TELEMETRY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34548630448     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2007.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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