TABLE 5.
Mayer waves and very low frequency oscillations in neural and hemodynamic spectra.
| Zone | Very low frequency oscillations | Mayer waves |
| Retrotrapezoid nucleus | See Figure 3A of Ott et al., 2011 | See Figure 3A of Ott et al., 2011 |
| Parafacial respiratory group | cell 404, RTN I-Dec, ∼0.02 Hz | cell 407, RTN E-Dec, ∼0.083 Hz |
| cell 406, RTN NRM, ∼0.02 Hz | cell 412, RTN I-Aug, ∼0.083 Hz | |
| cell 462, RTN NRM, ∼0.02 Hz | cell 417, RTN E-Dec, ∼0.083 Hz | |
| cell 497, RTN E-Dec, ∼0.02 Hz | cell 418, RTN NRM, ∼0.083 Hz | |
| cell 420, RTN I-Aug, ∼0.083 Hz | ||
| cell 424, RTN E-Aug, ∼0.083 Hz | ||
| Botzinger complex | See Figure 3A of Ott et al., 2011 | See Figure 3A of Ott et al., 2011 |
| Ventral respiratory group | cell 810, Bot I-Dec, ∼0.033 Hz | cell 899, Bot E-Dec, ∼0.083 Hz |
| cell 810, Bot NRM, ∼0.02 Hz | ||
| cell 816, Bot E-Dec, ∼0.025 Hz | ||
| cell 892, Bot E-Aug, ∼0.025 Hz | ||
| Pontine nuclei | See Figure 4 of Morris et al., 2010 | Morris et al. (2010) describe the presence of Mayer wave oscillations in pontine nulcei, though visual inspection more consistently evidences a central tendency conforming to that of VLF |
| cell 509 ∼0.075 Hz | ||
| cell 554 ∼0.06 Hz | ||
| cell 555 ∼0.075 Hz | ||
| cell 556 ∼0.075 Hz | ||
| Medullary raphe nuclei | See Figure 4 of Morris et al., 2010 | Morris et al. (2010) describe the presence of Mayer wave oscillations in medullary raphe nuclei, though visual inspection more consistently evidences a central tendency conforming to that of VLF |
| cell 914 0.07 Hz | ||
| cell 915 0.075 Hz | ||
| Medullary lateral tegmental field | YTBR | Montano et al., 1995, 1996 |
| Rostral ventrolateral medulla | YTBR | Montano et al., 1995, 1996 |
| Caudal ventrolateral medulla | YTBR | Montano et al., 1995, 1996 |
| ∼0.105 Hz | ||
| Caudal Raphe | YTBR | Montano et al., 1995, 1996 |
| Described mean ∼0.12 Hz | ||
| T1 and T2 preganglionic sympathetic neurons | Preiss and Polosa, 1974 | Montano et al., 1992 |
| ∼0.03 Hz; group termed these Mayer waves, but significantly less cycle frequency | ||
| Renal sympathetic nerve | Murasato et al., 1998 | Cerutti et al., 1991a, b, 1994; Julien et al., 2003; Barrès et al., 2004 |
| Arterial Blood Pressure | Di Rienzo et al., 1991; Just et al., 1995 | See Julien, 2006 for review |
| Peripheral Resistance | Mal’tsev et al., 2010 | Killip, 1962 |
| Peripheral organ blood flow | Barcroft and Nisimaru, 1932 | Killip, 1962 |
| Cerebral Blood Flow | Vermeij et al., 2014 | Lachert et al., 2019 |
| Vaginal Blood flow | Allers et al., 2010 | Allers et al., 2010 |
| Electroencephalographic activity | Cooper et al., 2014 | Blinowska et al., 2020 |
| Cardiac Interval | Tripathi, 2011 | Japundzic et al., 1990; Montano et al., 1992; Rubini et al., 1993; Mancia et al., 1999; Van de Borne et al., 2001 |
| Cerebral vasomotion | Bosch et al., 2017 | Bumstead et al., 2017 |
| Organ volume | Barcroft and Nisimaru, 1932∼0.02–0.04 Hz | Killip, 1962 |
YTBR, yet to be revealed.