L-NNA
Nx-Nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA)
LOC
Loss of consciousness
LZC
Lempel-Ziv complexity
MEG
Magnetoencephalography
MLZC
Multiscale Lempel-Ziv complexity
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
MSE
Multiscale entropy
NAD
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADH
Reduced NAD
NFM
Non-febrile malaria
NH
Normally hyperbolic
NIRS
Near infrared spectroscopy
NM
Non-malaria (i.e., healthy)
NMBA
Neuromuscular blocking agent
NMD
Nonlinear mode decomposition
NOL
TM
Nociception level (index)
ODE
Ordinary differential equation
OSA
Obstructive sleep apnea
oxyHb
Oxyhaemoglobin
PCV
Packed cell volume (in blood)
PDE
Partial differential equation
PET
Positron emission tomography
PFK
Phosphofructokinase
PK
Pyruvate kinase
PRC
Phase response curve
preBötC
Pre-Bötzinger complex, in the brainstem
PSD
Power spectral density
PSG
Polysomnography
PSI
Patient State Index
PU
Perfusion units (arbitrary)
qCON
TM
Commercial anaesthetic monitor manufactured by Quantium
Medical, Barcelona
RBC
Red blood cell
RD
Reaction-diffusion
RDA
Relative dispersional analysis
RDT
Rapid diagnostic test (for malaria)
REM
Rapid eye movement (during dreams)
RSA
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia
SampEn
Sample entropy
SBF
Spontaneous breathing frequency
SBP
Systolic blood pressure
SG
Savitzky-Golay (filter)
SL
Stuart-Landau (oscillator)
SQI
Signal quality index
SRBD
Sleep-related breathing disorders
Abbreviations
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