Sympathetic and cardiovascular activity during cataplexy in narcolepsy

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-463

  Donadio, Vincenzo ^a   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Vandi, Stefano ^a   Franceschini, Christian ^a   Karlsson, Tomas ^b   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Bugiardini, Enrico ^a   Mignot, Emmanuel ^c   Liguori, Rocco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cataplexy; Heart rate; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Narcolepsy; Vigilance reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CATAPLEXY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPEPTIDES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449116371     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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