FIGURE 6.
Comparison between slow and fast BRS. The BRS calculated using the transfer function (A) indicates that the fast components of SAP oscillations (HF band) induce a BRS that is more than three times higher the sensitivity of the slow components of SAP (LF band). Very similar results were found with the sequence method when the original or high-pass (HP) filtered series were used to measure the fast BRS components and low-pass (LP) filtered series to measure the slow BRS (B,C). The minimum sequence length was set to n = 3 for both original and filtered series. SAP: systolic arterial pressure; LF: low-frequency; HF: high-frequency; d: delay between arterial pressure and PI; ∗ P < 0.05 compared to LF (A) or LP (B,C). Values are mean ± standard error.