Normal values and reproducibility of the real-time index of vagal tone in healthy humans: A multi-center study

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 362-368

  Farmer, Adam D ^a   Coen, Steven J ^a   Kano, Michiko ^a,b   Weltens, Nathalie ^c   Ly, Huynh Giao ^c   Botha, Claude ^a   Paine, Peter A ^d,e   Van Oudenhove, Lukas ^c   Aziz, Qasim ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiac vagal tone; Parasympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC VAGAL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 84923472414     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: 17927463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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