Fig. 4. Relative heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in a rattlesnake, carrying
ECG electrodes and a peritoneal cannula (a short section of the raw data shown
in Fig. 3), during rest (A),
after treatment with propranalol (B) and atropine (C). Ai-Ci, heart beat
interval tachogram; Aii-Cii, heart beat intervals as a probability
distribution histogram; Aiiii-Ciii, power spectrum calculated by applying
power spectral analysis to the heart beat tachogram in Ai-Ci.