Autonomic and respiratory characteristics of posttraumatic stress disorder and panic disorder

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 935-943

  Blechert, Jens ^a   Michael, Tanja ^a   Grossman, Paul ^a,b   Lajtman, Marta ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

End tidal PCO 2; Panic disorder; Parasympathetic nervous system; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 36349014264     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31815a8f6b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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