Autonomic dysfunction in unaffected first-degree relatives of patients suffering from schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1050-1058

  Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a,b   Berger, Sandy ^a   Metzner, Maria ^a   Boettger, Michael K ^a   Schulz, Steffen ^c   Ramachandraiah, Chaitra T ^d   Terhaar, Janneke ^a   Voss, Andreas ^c   Yeragani, Vikram K ^e,f   Sauer, Heinrich ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^d RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; baroreflex sensitivity; genetic; heart rate variability; offspring; schizophrenia; vagal

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MODULATION; NERVE FUNCTION; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QT PROLONGATION; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649275663     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbp024     Document Type: Article

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