Heart-rate variability in women during 40-hour prolonged wakefulness

Chronobiology International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1609-1628

  Anders, Doreen ^a   Vollenweider, Stephanie ^a   Cann, Judith ^a   Hofstetter, Marcel ^a   Flammer, Josef ^b   Orgül, Selim ^b   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Circadian rhythms; Constant routine; Heart rate variability; Paced breathing; Vascular dysregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; WAKEFULNESS;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; RESPIRATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77956967176     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.504317     Document Type: Article

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