Low respiratory sinus arrhythmia and prolonged psychophysiological arousal in posttraumatic stress disorder: Heart rate dynamics and individual differences in arousal regulation

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-290

  Sack, Martin ^a   Hopper, James W ^b   Lamprecht, Friedhelm ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Emotion regulation; Psychophysiology; PTSD; Vegetative system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 1642441757     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00677-2     Document Type: Article

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