Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Molecular Disambiguation of Heart Rate Control by the Nucleus Ambiguus

This study identifies molecular subtypes of nucleus ambiguus neurons in adult mice and shows that Npy2r+ neurons control heart rate via the vagus nerve during diving.

Spinal nociceptive denervation impedes subsequent chronic autonomic remodeling after myocardial infarction in male swine

This study shows that spinal nociceptive denervation reduces autonomic remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction in male swine.

Monitoring Autonomic Tone During Spinal Cord Neuromodulation Using Wearble AURIS Sensor

This paper introduces a wearable AURIS sensor to monitor heart rate variability during spinal cord neuromodulation, showing comparable accuracy to chest electrodes in rodent models.

Interoceptive autonomic regulation in typical development and autism spectrum disorder: A computational model integrating multiple physiological systems

This paper develops a computational model to analyze autonomic nervous system regulation in typically developing and autism spectrum disorder individuals using cardiovascular and respiratory data.

A broken power-law model of heart rate variability spectra in sleep

This paper introduces a broken power-law model to describe heart rate variability spectra in sleep, finding age, sex, and sleep stages affect spectral characteristics.

Short- and long-term scaling behavior of blood pressure and pulse arrival time during sleep in healthy controls and patients with obstructive sleep apnea

This study compares scaling behavior of blood pressure and pulse arrival time during sleep in healthy individuals and OSA patients, finding BP scaling reflects cardiovascular regulation better than PAT or PPG measures.

Spectral features of heart rate variability in Williams syndrome during sleep

This study analyzes HRV spectral features in Williams syndrome during sleep, finding altered fractal properties and associations with sleep structure indicators.

Slow breathing impacts inter-organ dynamics modulating brain function and risk behavior

This study shows that slow breathing increases risky decisions by enhancing reward sensitivity and cardiac parasympathetic activity through neuro-cardiac pathways.

The social, decoupled self: interpersonal synchronization of breathing alters intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling

This study shows that interpersonal breathing synchronization during social interaction leads to reduced intrapersonal cardiorespiratory coupling, suggesting a trade-off between self-other and self coupling.

Oscillatory markers of interoceptive attention: beta suppression as a neural signature of heartbeat processing

This study identifies beta-band power suppression as a neural signature of interoceptive attention, showing it correlates with interoceptive accuracy during heartbeat processing.

Heartbeat-evoked responses in M/EEG: A systematic review of methods with suggestions for analysis and reporting

This paper reviews 132 HER studies using M/EEG, identifies methodological inconsistencies, and provides a checklist and dataset to improve standardization and reproducibility.

Disentangling Respiratory Phase-Dependent and Anticipatory Cardiac Deceleration in a Visual Perception Task

The paper introduces a method to separate respiratory and non-respiratory cardiac decelerations during a visual perception task and finds they have opposing effects on perceptual performance.

Control of Blood Pressure Variability Across Behavioral States by Brainstem Adrenergic Neurons

This study identifies RVLMC1 neurons' role in stabilizing blood pressure during behavioral state transitions in rats, showing they buffer BP fluctuations without affecting mean BP.

Cardio-respiratory interactions in interoceptive perception: The role of heartbeat-modulated cortical oscillations

The paper examines cardio-respiratory interactions in interoceptive perception by analyzing heartbeat-modulated cortical oscillations during cardiac and exteroceptive tasks.

M-ECG: Extracting Heart Signals with a Novel Computational Analysis of Magnetoencephalography Data

This study develops a method to extract cardiac signals from MEG data, showing strong alignment with ECG HRV, suggesting potential for improving neuroimaging and cardiovascular research.

Distinct Neural Systems Supporting Afferent and Efferent Autonomic Activity

The paper investigates brain regions involved in autonomic activity during emotion regulation and rest, finding distinct afferent and efferent systems and age-related differences in their coordination.

When the inner clock fades: Interoceptive decline and consolidation of phase resetting in cortical rhythms by cardiac events underlie healthy lifespan ageing

The paper examines age-related changes in how cardiac signals influence neural oscillations and time perception in the brain.

Methodological approaches to derive the heartbeat-evoked potential: pastpractices and future recommendations

This paper reviews HEP processing methods in EEG and MEG studies, identifies inconsistencies, and recommends standardized approaches for reliable HEP extraction.

Sympathetic vasomotion as an early marker of hemorrhage

This study develops a novel measure of sympathetic vascular control, sympathetic vasomotion, which increases before hemodynamic changes and could serve as an early marker of hemorrhage.

The oxytocin-modulated brain circuit that synchronizes heart rate with breathing

This paper identifies a hypothalamus-brainstem circuit mediated by oxytocin that enhances respiratory sinus arrhythmia during calming behaviors.

Neural sensitivity to the heartbeat is modulated by spontaneous fluctuations in affect arousal during spontaneous thought

The paper shows that brain sensitivity to heartbeat signals varies with momentary affective arousal during spontaneous thought, and this effect is stronger in individuals with higher trait anxiety.

Mother-child autonomic nervous system interaction as an indication of parental stress: 24-hour cross recurrence plot analysis

This study uses 24-hour cross-recurrence plots to show that mother-child autonomic nervous system interactions predict maternal parenting stress better than individual analyses.

Cardiorespiratory mechanisms triggered during music perception in preterm infants and adults

This study compares cardiorespiratory responses to music in preterm infants and adults, finding similar HRV changes but distinct RSA and coupling patterns indicating different autonomic states.

Enhanced Brain-Heart Connectivity as a Precursor of Reduced State Anxiety After Therapeutic Virtual Reality Immersion

The paper identifies biomarkers of anxiety reduction following a virtual reality intervention, showing increased midline beta power, heart rate variability, and brain-to-heart connectivity correlate with therapeutic response.

Oxytocin Receptor Expression and Activation in Parasympathetic Brainstem Cardiac Vagal Neurons

This study identifies OXT receptor expression in brainstem cardiac vagal neurons and shows that OXT selectively activates DMNX CVNs to induce bradycardia.

Infralimbic prefrontal cortical projections to the autonomic brainstem: Quantification of inputs to cholinergic and adrenergic/noradrenergic nuclei

This study quantifies infralimbic cortical projections to autonomic brainstem nuclei in rats, revealing differential targeting of cholinergic and adrenergic/noradrenergic regions.

Non-invasive assessment of integrated cardiorespiratory network dynamics after physiological stress in humans

Transfer entropy network maps of seven breath-by-breath cardiorespiratory signals in 22 healthy adults differ by stressor; only exercise raised total transfer entropy, while hypoxia and sleep deprivation reshaped node roles.

Autonomic Neuropathy is Associated with an Increase in Type-1 Cytokines in People Living with HIV

This study links autonomic neuropathy in HIV patients with increased type-1 cytokines and pro-inflammatory immunotypes associated with sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system deficits.

The heartbeat-evoked potential in young and older adults during attention orienting

This study investigates whether the heartbeat-evoked potential (HEP) mediates the effect of attention on reaction time in young and older adults, finding no evidence of such mediation.

Noninvasive Assessment of Temporal Dynamics in Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Baroreflex Responses

This paper develops and validates a noninvasive method to assess the temporal dynamics of sympathetic and parasympathetic baroreflex responses using pulse contour analysis and the sequence method.