Information transfer through the spontaneous baroreflex in healthy humans

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 506-510

  Porta, A ^a   Catai, A M ^b   Takahashi, A C M ^b   Magagnin, V ^c   Bassani, T ^c,d   Tobaldini, E ^e   Montano, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex; Cardiovascular control; Cross conditional entropy; Information transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952279336     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME09-02-0036     Document Type: Article

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