Analysis of heart rate variability in posttraumatic stress disorder patients in response to a trauma-related reminder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1054-1059

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Kotler, Moshe ^a   Matar, Mike A ^a   Kaplan, Zeev ^a   Loewenthal, Uri ^a   Miodownik, Hanoch ^a   Cassuto, Yair ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REST; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032533614     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00475-7     Document Type: Article

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