Autonomic dysregulation in panic disorder and in post-traumatic stress disorder: Application of power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability at rest and in response to recollection of trauma or panic attacks

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Cohen, Hagit ^a   Benjamin, Jonathan ^a   Geva, Amir B ^b   Matar, Mike A ^a   Kaplan, Zeev ^a   Kotler, Moshe ^a  

^a MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Panic disorder; Post traumatic stress disorder; Power spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PANIC DISORDER; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034715151     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00195-5     Document Type: Article

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