Point: Counterpoint: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia is due to a central mechanism vs. respiratory sinus arrhythmia is due to the baroreflex mechanism
Point: Counterpoint: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia is due to a central mechanism vs. respiratory sinus arrhythmia is due to the baroreflex mechanism
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.91107.2008
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Eckberg, Dwain L.
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作者:
Eckberg, Dwain L.
Blood pressure and heart periods fluctuate at respiratory frequencies in healthy humans. Some researchers (8, 23) explain this as a cause-and-effect relation: blood pressure changes trigger baroreflex-mediated RR interval changes. Here I make the case that respiratory sinus arrhythmia is a central phenomenon that is independent of blood pressure changes. I base this argument on several well-documented physiological facts.Vagal-cardiac motoneuron membrane potentials fluctuate at respiratory frequencies (16), modulate responsiveness of vagal motoneurons to arterial baroreceptor inputs (12, 13), and impose a respiratory rhythm on vagal-cardiac nerve traffic and heart periods (18). Central respiratory gating of vagal motoneuron responsiveness (11) is sufficient to explain respiratory sinus arrhythmia.