Electroencephalogram characteristics of autonomic arousals during sleep in healthy men
Clinical NeurophysiologyPublished 3 October 2006Open access
Fumiharu Togo, Neil S. Cherniack, Benjamin H. Natelson
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These brief bursts of tachycardia-bradycardia are consistent with autonomic arousal and may be among the first in a continuum of arousal ending with frank awakening, which may be a useful index of arousal.
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These brief bursts of tachycardia-bradycardia are consistent with autonomic arousal. Such a measure may be among the first in a continuum of arousal ending with frank awakening.
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