Effect of age on complexity and causality of the cardiovascular control: Comparison between model-based and model-free approaches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Porta, Alberto ^a,b   Faes, Luca ^c   Bari, Vlasta ^d,e   Marchi, Andrea ^e,f   Bassani, Tito ^f   Nollo, Giandomenico ^c,g   Perseguini, Natália Maria ^h   Milan, Juliana ^h   Minatel, Vinícius ^h   Borghi Silva, Audrey ^h   Takahashi, Anielle C M ^h   Catai, Aparecida M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^g FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STANDING; STARLING LAW; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY POSTURE; HEART; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BAROREFLEX; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903362498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089463     Document Type: Article

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