High cardiac vagal control is related to better subjective and objective sleep quality

Biological Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-85

  Werner, Gabriela G ^a   Ford, Brett Q ^b   Mauss, Iris B ^b   Schabus, Manuel ^a   Blechert, Jens ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic nervous system; Polysomnography; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC VAGAL CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REST; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VAGUS TONE; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTEER; EMOTION; HEART; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SLEEP; VAGUS NERVE; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; VAGUS NERVE; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924177442     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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