Central control of cardiovascular function during sleep

Central control of cardiovascular function during sleep.

There is increasing evidence that cardiovascular control during sleep is relevant for cardiovascular risk. This evidence warrants increased experimental efforts to understand the physiological mechanisms of such control. This review summarizes current knowledge on autonomic features of sleep states [non-rapid-eye-movement sleep (NREMS) and rapid-eye-movement sleep (REMS)] and proposes some test...

Cardiovascular function during sleep apnoeas.

common disorder which may have both mental and physical effects.l'2 It is an excellent example ofthe close interaction between respiratory and cardiac function. It is claimed that among SAS patients there is an increased risk of sudden death during sleep.3 The literature which states this is very limited, but it seems that these patients run an increase risk of developing systemic hypertension,...

Central Sympathetic Control of Cardiovascular Function

Cardiovascular function is regulated by a dynamic balance comprised of sympathetic and parasympathetic influences. Sympathetic regulatory centers include the rostra ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus (PVN). Pre-sympathetic neurons (PSNs) in these centers project directly to sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the intermediolateral nucleus of the thoracic s...

Poor sleep and cardiovascular function in children.

We investigated whether sleep quantity and quality were related to 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity in children. We studied term-born, healthy 8.0-year olds (SD: 1.4 years) without sleep-disordered breathing (231 and 265 children provided valid data for analyses of ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity, respectively). Sleep was registered with an...

Control of breathing during sleep.