Frontal cerebral oxygenation asymmetry: intersubject variability and dependence on systemic physiology, season, and time of day
Hamoon Zohdi, Felix Scholkmann, Ursula Wolf
Abstract
Significance: Our study reveals that frontal cerebral oxygenation asymmetry (FCOA), i.e. a difference in the oxygenation between the right and left prefrontal cortex (PFC), is a real phenomenon in healthy human subjects at rest.
Topics & Concepts
OxygenationRespirationCardiorespiratory fitnessHeart rate variabilityHeart rateCardiologyInternal medicineChronotypeBreathingMedicineBlood pressurePhysiologyAnesthesiaMorningAnatomyOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring