Extended Granger causality: A new tool to identify the structure of physiological networks

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 827-843

  Schiatti, L ^a   Nollo, G ^a,c   Rossato, G ^b   Faes, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiovascular interactions; cerebral autoregulation; instantaneous effects; multivariate time series

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; FLOW VELOCITY; TIME SERIES;

CARDIOVASCULAR INTERACTION; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CEREBRAL AUTOREGULATION; DIRECTIONAL INTERACTIONS; GRANGER CAUSALITY; INSTANTANEOUS EFFECT; MULTIVARIATE DATA SETS; MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES; TIMES SERIES; ZERO-LAG CORRELATION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCOPE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925687278     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/4/827     Document Type: Article

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