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Peripheral stimulation of the cardiac vagus with short bursts of electrical stimuli entrained the heart at a ratio of 1:1 over a range of frequencies, both below and sometimes above the intrinsic heart rate. Alternatively, at higher bursting frequencies the induced fH was slower than the applied stimulus, being recruited by a whole number fraction (1:2 to 1:6) of the stimulus frequency. These effects indicate that respiration-related changes in fH in pacu are under direct, beat-to-beat vagal control. Central burst stimulation of respiratory branches of cranial nerves VII, IX and X also entrained the heart, which implies that cardiorespiratory interactions can be generated reflexly. Central stimulation of the Vth cranial nerve was without effect on heart rate, possibly because its central projections do not overlap with cardiac vagal preganglionic neurons in the brainstem. 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