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Heritability of Heart Rate Response to Arousals in Twins.
Sleep - 1 Jun 2017
Gao Xiaoling, Azarbarzin Ali, Keenan Brendan T, Ostrowski Michele, Pack Frances M, Staley Bethany, Maislin Greg, Pack Allan I, Younes Magdy, Kuna Samuel T
Abstract excerpt
Objectives: To determine if the large and highly reproducible interindividual differences in arousal intensity and heart rate response to arousal (ΔHR) during non-REM sleep are heritable. Methods: Polysomnograms of 55 monozygotic (14 male and 41 female pairs) and 36 dizygotic (15 male and 21 female pairs) same-sex twin pairs were analyzed. Arousals were scored using the 2012 American Academy of Sleep Medicine...
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