Effects of low ambient temperature on heart rate variability during sleep in humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Okamoto Mizuno, Kazue ^a,b   Tsuzuki, Kazuyo ^a   Mizuno, Koh ^b   Ohshiro, Yasushi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Humans; Low ambient temperature; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

COLD TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549113576     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0889-1     Document Type: Article

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