Sleep embodies maximum and minimum levels of autonomic integration

Clin Auton Res. 2001 Feb;11(1):5-10. doi: 10.1007/BF02317796.

Abstract

This review is based on the Valsalva lecture delivered by Professor Elio Lugaresi at the first meeting on the European Federation of Autonomic Societies, held in conjunction with the Italian Autonomic Society in Bologna in July 1999.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiology*
  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
  • Confusion
  • Humans
  • Skin / innervation
  • Sleep / physiology*
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / physiopathology
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / psychology
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / physiology
  • Wakefulness / physiology