Relationship between Arousal Intensity and Heart Rate Response to Arousal

• DOI: 10.5665/sleep.3560
• Publication Date: 2014-03-31T18:54:38Z
• Authors: Ali Azarbarzin; Michele Ostrowski; Patrick Hanly; Magdy Younes
• Keywords: Intensity

The visual appearance of cortical arousals varies considerably, from barely meeting scoring criteria to very intense arousals. Arousal sleep is associated with an increase in heart rate (HR). Our objective was quantify the intensity manner using time and frequency characteristics electroencephalogram (EEG) determine whether HR response arousal correlates so determined.