Why the study?
Does cardiac parasympathetic nervous system activity increase in anticipation of sleep in healthy subjects?
Population
20 healthy male and female subjects
Comparison
Measurement of heart beat-to-beat intervals at… vs Within-subject comparison across the three time…
Design
Other
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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Increased cardiac PNS activity appears sleep-dependent rather than anticipatory; hypothesis-generating for circadian autonomic control in healthy adults.
Does cardiac parasympathetic nervous system activity increase in anticipation of sleep in healthy subjects?
Increased cardiac parasympathetic nervous system activity is sleep-dependent rather than anticipatory or circadian-driven.
Burgess et al. (1996) studied this question.
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