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Abstract
The present study investigated autonomic activity during NREM and REM sleep stages and wakefulness by spectral analysis of heart rate variability. The results demonstrated that NREM sleep in humans was characterized by a widely different autonomic activation pattern than REM sleep: high parasympathetic activity was found in NREM, while REM was characterized by attenuated vagal tone, and augmented sympathetic activity. The overall pattern during wakefulness showed an intermediate position between NREM and REM patterns; parasympathetic activity was lower than in NREM and higher than in REM, with an opposite trend for sympathetic activity.Entities:
Year: 1993 PMID: 10607076 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1993.tb00067.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Sleep Res ISSN: 0962-1105 Impact factor: 3.981