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Comparative Physiology
Author(s) -
Luis De Vera,
Ernesto Pereda,
Julián Jesús González,
M. Rodríguez,
A. Ayala,
M. Díaz,
J. García
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2003.tb00447.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , library science
Many physiological studies are interested in the complexity and non-linearity of the EEG and the respiratory activity (RA). Relationships between these signals in mammals, have been estimated using a non-linear approach (Burioka et al. 2001). Similar studies have been performed on the EEG of reptiles, in order to characterise its non-linear behaviour and to compare it with the human EEG during sleep (González et al. 1999). Nevertheless, no non-linear studies have been carried out in reptiles to describe the relationships between central nervous and respiratory activities. Therefore, cortical EEG and respiratory signals were simultaneously registered in six lizards (Gallotia galloti) at 25 °C, with the aim of studying the degree of interdependence between both physiological systems, by using a non-linear systems approach.