Effect of body position on bilateral EEG alterations and their relationship with autonomic nervous modulation in normal subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-100

  Chang, Li Jen ^a   Lin, Jui Feng ^b   Lin, Chun Fu ^a   Wu, Kung Tai ^a   Wang, Yan Min ^a   Kuo, Cheng Deng ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous modulation; Electroencephalography; Heart rate variability; Position; Power spectral analysis; Scalp waves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BETA RHYTHM; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCALP; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; THETA RHYTHM; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79451476232     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.12.034     Document Type: Article

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