Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in freely moving and anesthetized rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1431-1436

  Bouairi, Evguenia ^a   Neff, Robert ^a   Evans, Cory ^a   Gold, Allison ^a   Andresen, Michael C ^b   Mendelowitz, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguus; Cardiac; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic; Vagal

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL; URETHAN; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG INFLATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SINOATRIAL NODE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 4644302808     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00277.2004     Document Type: Article

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