Analysis of sympathetic Neural discharge in rats and humans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1892, 2009, Pages 1265-1282

  Montano, Nicola ^a   Furlan, Raffaello ^b   Guzzetti, Stefano ^c   Mcallen, Robin M ^d   Julien, Claude ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c BOLOGNINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex mechanisms; Central oscillators; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; RATS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX MECHANISMS; CENTRAL OSCILLATORS; DISCHARGE PATTERNS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; NEURAL CONTROL; NEURAL INFORMATION; NEURAL SIGNALS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PER UNIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; RHYTHMIC PATTERNS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITIES; TEMPORAL CODES; TIME UNITS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOPHYSICS; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RAT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BIOPHYSICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; OSCILLOMETRY; RATS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 65549147708     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0285     Document Type: Article

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