Is heart rate variability related to memory performance in middle-aged men?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-482

  Shah, Amit Jasvant ^a   Su, Shaoyong ^a   Veledar, Emir ^a   Bremner, James Douglas ^b   Goldstein, Felicia C ^b   Lampert, Rachel ^c   Goldberg, Jack ^d   Vaccarino, Viola ^a,e  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic function; cognitive function; heart rate variability; memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE REMINDING TEST; TWINS;

EID: 79960356283     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182227d6a     Document Type: Article

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