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Sleep embodies maximum and minimum levels of autonomic integration

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This review is based on the Valsalva lecture delivered by Professor Elio Lugaresi at the first meeting on the European Federation of Autonomic Societies, held in conjunction with the Italian Autonomic Society in Bologna in July 1999.

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  1. Institute of Clinical Neurology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Elio Lugaresi M.D.

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Federica Provini M.D. & Pietro Cortelli M.D., Ph.D.

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Lugaresi, E., Provini, F. & Cortelli, P. Sleep embodies maximum and minimum levels of autonomic integration. Clinical Autonomic Research 11, 5–10 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02317796

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