Preliminary evidence of parasympathetic influence on basal heart rate in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-90

  Hopper, James W ^a,b   Spinazzola, Joseph ^a   Simpson, William B ^a   Van Der Kolk, Bessel A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic; Psychophysiology; PTSD; RSA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 29344444276     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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