Limbic dysregulation is associated with lowered heart rate variability and increased trait in healthy adults

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-58

  Mujica Parodi, Lilianne R ^a,b   Korgaonkar, Mayuresh ^a   Ravindranath, Bosky ^a   Greenberg, Tsafrir ^a   Tomasi, Dardo ^c   Wagshul, Mark ^b   Ardekani, Babak ^d   Guilfoyle, David ^d   Khan, Shilpi ^b   Zhong, Yuru ^a   Chon, Ki ^a   Malaspina, Dolores ^e  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Autonomic; Cardiac; connectivity; Control systems; Dynamic; fMRI; Heart rate variability; Homeostasis; Limbic; Prefrontal cortex; Stress; Time series

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149329106     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20483     Document Type: Article

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