Why the study?
Does nociceptive stimulation during sleep alter autonomic nervous system reactivity and heart rate variability in healthy volunteers?
Population
14 healthy volunteers
Comparison
Nociceptive laser stimuli applied over the hand… vs Baseline and absence of cortical arousal
Design
Other
Follow-up
whole-night
Authors
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Nociceptive stimuli during sleep may elicit sympathetic cardiac activation; leaves open translation to patients with pain or cardiovascular disease.
Does nociceptive stimulation during sleep alter autonomic nervous system reactivity and heart rate variability in healthy volunteers?
Nociceptive stimuli during sleep induce sympathetic-dependent cardiac activation that is modulated by cortical activation rather than sleep itself.
Chouchou et al. (2011) studied this question.
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