Cardiovascular regulation and autonomic function change across sleep stages and compared to wake. Little information is present in literature about cardiac control during sleep especially in relation to new information-theoretic quantities such as synergy and redundancy. In the present work we compute synergy and redundancy of baroreflex and non-baroreflex components of the cardiac control according to two information-theoretic approaches, namely predictive information decomposition (PID) and minimal mutual information (MMI) methods. We applied a bivariate approach to heart period (HP) and systolic arterial pressure (SAP) beat-to-beat variability series during sleep in a healthy subject. PID approach computes the net balance between synergy and redundancy, while MMI calculates the two quantities as separate entities. Results suggested that: i) redundancy was dominant over synergy during NREM phases; ii) redundancy increased during NREM phase; iii) synergy did not change across the sleep stages. We interpret this result as a consequence of the vagal enhancement, slowing and deepening of respiration during NREM phases. These preliminary findings support the potential of assessing redundancy/synergy of baroreflex-related and unrelated regulations during sleep to improve our knowledge about physiological mechanisms.
Titolo: | Assessing Synergy/Redundancy of Baroreflex and Non-Baroreflex Components of the Cardiac Control during Sleep |
Autore/i: | Cairo B.; Bari V.; De Maria B.; Vaini E.; Guaraldi P.; Lucini D.; Pagani M.; Provini F.; Calandra-Buonaura G.; Cortelli P.; Porta A. |
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Anno: | 2019 |
Titolo del libro: | Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Annual International Conference of the IEEE |
Pagina iniziale: | 4953 |
Pagina finale: | 4956 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856887 |
Abstract: | Cardiovascular regulation and autonomic function change across sleep stages and compared to wake. Little information is present in literature about cardiac control during sleep especially in relation to new information-theoretic quantities such as synergy and redundancy. In the present work we compute synergy and redundancy of baroreflex and non-baroreflex components of the cardiac control according to two information-theoretic approaches, namely predictive information decomposition (PID) and minimal mutual information (MMI) methods. We applied a bivariate approach to heart period (HP) and systolic arterial pressure (SAP) beat-to-beat variability series during sleep in a healthy subject. PID approach computes the net balance between synergy and redundancy, while MMI calculates the two quantities as separate entities. Results suggested that: i) redundancy was dominant over synergy during NREM phases; ii) redundancy increased during NREM phase; iii) synergy did not change across the sleep stages. We interpret this result as a consequence of the vagal enhancement, slowing and deepening of respiration during NREM phases. These preliminary findings support the potential of assessing redundancy/synergy of baroreflex-related and unrelated regulations during sleep to improve our knowledge about physiological mechanisms. |
Data stato definitivo: | 27-gen-2020 |
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