PACED RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA AS AN INDEX OF CARDIAC PARASYMPATHETIC TONE DURING VARYING BEHAVIORAL TASKS

被引:125
作者
GROSSMAN, P
STEMMLER, G
MEINHARDT, E
机构
[1] Psychophystology Research Group, University of Freiburg
关键词
Beta‐adrenergic mechanisms; Cardiac vagal tone; Respiratory control; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sympathetic receptor blockade;
D O I
10.1111/j.1469-8986.1990.tb02335.x
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This study addresses a number of unresolved issues regarding the employment of respiratory sinus arrhythmia as an index of tonic parasympathetic cardiac control in psychophysiological investigations. These questions include the following: (1) Does respiratory sinus arrhythmia reflect cardiac vagal tone under conditions in which alterations in parasympathetic control are expected to be mild to moderate? (2) Are variations in human respiratory sinus arrhythmia that occur in response to varying behavioral demands independent of beta‐adrenergic effects on the heart? (3) To what extent do typical experimental tasks apparently affect tonic cardiac vagal control? Twelve healthy male subjects were administered a joint alpha‐ and β‐adrenoreceptor pharmacological blocker on one day and a placebo on another (balanced across subjects). On both days, respiratory sinus arrhythmia and heart period were monitored during a number of different experimental tasks while subjects continuously paced their respiration. Results indicated that respiratory sinus arrhythmia, under controlled respiratory conditions, is uninfluenced by variations in sympathetic activity, and provides a reasonably sensitive index of cardiac vagal tone, even when alterations in parasympathetic tone are not large. Furthermore, our findings suggest that cardiac vagal tone is responsive to varying behavioral demands and may interact in different ways with β‐adrenergic mechanisms. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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