Relation between cardiac vagal tone and performance in male military personnel exposed to high stress: Three prospective studies

Psychophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-127

  Morgan III, C A ^a,b   Aikins, Deane E ^a,b   Steffian, George ^c   Coric, Vladimir ^a   Southwick, Steven ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

^c FASOTRAGRULANT   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; High stress; Military stress; Performance; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STRESS; TRAINING; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 33846212732     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2006.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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