To assess photosynthetic viability of the cells, the ratios of variable:maximal fluorescence (Fv/Fm) were assessed using a fast-induction relaxation fluorometer (FIRe, Satlantic, Halifax, Canada).
Background: We analyzed beat-to-beat heart rate and continuous breathing signals from 10 experienced meditators (4 females; 6 males; mean age 42 years; range 29 55 years) during three traditional interventions: relaxation response, breath of fire, and segmented breathing.
"In a vast majority of cases," Dr. Kavey said, "it is benign and seems to be a transition phenomenon as our nervous system switches from wakefulness, with high muscle tone and alert systems firing, to the relaxation that leads into sleep, with its decreased muscle tone".
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The FIRe (Fluorescence Induction and Relaxation) System (by Satlantic Inc., Halifax, Canada) was used for variable chlorophyll fluorescence measurements twice a month from May to October 2012.
While there is little convincing evidence that KATP channels are active under normal physiological conditions, activation of these channels generates membrane hyperpolarization, reduction in action potential firing and subsequent bladder relaxation (Petkov, 2011).
Note that the relaxation time constant is longer in the immediate firing motoneuron than in the delayed firing one.
That would require a faster relaxation of stringent rules on hiring and firing, as well as dismantling of the sector-wide pay deals that keep labour costs high.
Immediate firing motoneurons have wider action potentials and a longer relaxation time constant of their after-hyperpolarization (AHP) compared to delayed firing motoneurons (see Figure 1B and Table 1).
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