Photoperiod alters autonomic regulation of the heart

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4525-4530

  Weil, Zachary M ^a,b   Norman, Greg J ^a   Devries, A Courtney ^a   Berntson, Gary G ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular; Day length; Parasympathetic sympathethic

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRICETINAE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; LIGHT; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 63149188154     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810973106     Document Type: Article

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