title: Heart rate variability in Chinchilla rabbits.
abstract: Temporal and spectral parameters of heart rate variability were studied as criteria for classification of mature Chinchilla rabbit population according to their basal neurovegetative status. The absolute values of total spectral power density and individual frequency bands differed significantly in vagotonics and sympathotonics. However, standardized spectral power distributions in high-, low- and very low-frequency ranges were similar in both groups. Our results suggest that the intensity of regulatory influences on the heart at all levels of regulation, which can be evaluated by spectral analysis, is similarly distributed in both groups. Hence, the observed differences in the heart rate variability can not be explained by peculiarities in sympathovagal balance, but are determined by more universal mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Radiobiology and Radioecology Scientific Research Center, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi, Russia. radiobio@caucasus.net
authors.forename: K Sh
authors.initials: KSh
authors.lastname: Nadareishvili
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Meskhishvili
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Kakhiani
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Ormotsadze
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Nazarishvili
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Gvasalia
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Khvedelidze
authors.forename: V Ya
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Sandodze
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology