Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability in posttraumatic stress disorder patients

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 627-629

  Cohen, Hagit ^a,b   Kotler, Moshe ^a   Matar, Michael A ^a   Kaplan, Zeev ^a   Miodownik, Hanoch ^a   Cassuto, Yair ^b  

^a MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

anxiety; autonomic nervous system; heart rate variability; posttraumatic stress disorder; power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMBAT DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0031104951     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00525-2     Document Type: Article

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