Heart rate variability during sleep and the early development of posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 953-956

  Mellman, Thomas A ^a,c   Knorr, Bethany R ^b   Pigeon, Wilfred R ^a   Leiter, J C ^a   Akay, Metin ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Noradrenergic function; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sleep; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP, REM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1942455908     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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