Reduced cardio-respiratory coupling indicates suppression of vagal activity in healthy relatives of patients with schizophrenia

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 406-411

  Berger, Sandy ^a   Boettger, Michael Karl ^a   Tancer, Manuel ^b   Guinjoan, Salvador M ^c   Yeragani, Vikram K ^b,d   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a,e  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Breathing rate; Cardio respiratory coupling; Schizophrenia; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERSONALITY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649271841     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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