Effects of stress on heart rate complexity-A comparison between short-term and chronic stress

Biological Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-332

  Schubert, C ^a,b   Lambertz, M ^c   Nelesen, R A ^b   Bardwell, W ^b   Choi, J B ^b,d   Dimsdale, J E ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Kyunggi Provincial Hospital for Elderly   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Correlation dimension; Heart rate variability; Non linear; Short term stress stressor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS NODE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61349169042     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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