Title Page -- Preface -- Contents -- TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING SHORT-TERM CHANGES IN CARDIO-RESPIRATORY DATA -- SEQUENTIAL SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS -- SPECTRAL TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS FOR BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE SIGNALS -- CIRCULATORY MODEL OF BARO- AND CARDIO-PULMONARY REFLEXES -- CLOSED-LOOP IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY MECHANISMS -- AN ALGORITHM FOR TRACKING THE EFFECTS OF RESPIRATION ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE IN UNRESTRAINED ANIMALS -- FOURIER AND RELATED ANALYSES: AN APPROACH TO STUDY BLOOD PRESSURE NYCTOHEMERAL CYCLE -- SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND PULSE INTERVAL VARIABILITY FROM FINGER AND INTRA-ARTERIAL RECORDINGS -- ANALYSIS OF SHORT-TERM BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS RECORDED NON-INVASIVELY -- TIME COURSE ACCURACY OF THE NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE NEURAL CONTROL OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM -- COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF PRESSOR TESTS -- DYNAMIC EVALUATION OF THE BAROREFLEX IN AMBULANT SUBJECTS -- HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND PHYSICAL TRAINING -- DOES AUTONOMIC MODULATION EXPLAIN HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN ALL CONDITIONS? -- ON THE EFFECTS OF MENTAL TASK PERFORMANCE ON HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE AND ITS VARIABILITY MEASURES -- MODULATION OF SLOW FREQUENCY BLOOD PRESSURE OSCILLATIONS BY THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN CONSCIOUS WKY RATS -- SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS BLOOD PRESSURE VARIATIONS IN SYMPATHECTOMIZED RATS -- ROLE OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN RATS: A SPECTRAL ANALYSIS APPROACH. -- NEURAL AND HUMORAL FACTORS IN REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION -- SPONTANEOUS VARIABLITY OF REGIONAL HAEMODYNAMICS IN CONSCIOUS NORMOTENSIVE RATS