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Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate During Different States of Activity

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The momentary mean heart rate results from an interaction of several different mechanisms. The reticular activating system which generates the basic drive for somatomotor, respiratory, and cardiovascular control systems (Magoun 1950; Moruzzi 1972) exerts excitatory influences on cardiomotor neurons and, therefore, “unspecifically” drives the chronotropic cardiac innervation. Conversely, limbic structures specifically control heart rate when organizing the autonomic components of ongoing behavior (Hess 1949). With increasing activity, afferent information processing from various receptor sites contribute to the adequate adjustment of the heart rate to changing metabolic demands. Especially during low physical activation, heart rate, as an effector of the blood pressure control system, is affected by baroreceptor activity via a negative feedback loop (Bristow et al. 1971).

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Abel, HH., Klüßendorf, D., Koralewski, E., Krause, R., Droh, R. (1992). Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate During Different States of Activity. In: Schmidt, T.F.H., Engel, B.T., Blümchen, G. (eds) Temporal Variations of the Cardiovascular System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02748-6_5

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