Cardio-respiratory coupling indicates suppression of vagal activity in acute schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Peupelmann, Jeannine ^a   Boettger, Michael Karl ^a   Ruhland, Carmen ^a   Berger, Sandy ^a   Ramachandraiah, Chaitra T ^b   Yeragani, Vikram K ^c,d   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a,e  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Brain stem; Breathing rate; Cardiac mortality; Psychosis; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Schizophrenia; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349101285     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.03.042     Document Type: Article

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