Is there tonic immobility in humans? Biological evidence from victims of traumatic stress

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-19

  Volchan, Eliane ^a   Souza, Gabriela G ^b   Franklin, Camila M ^a   Norte, Carlos E ^a   Rocha Rego, Vanessa ^a   Oliveira, Jose M ^a   David, Isabel A ^c   Mendlowicz, Mauro V ^c   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^d   Fiszman, Adriana ^a   Berger, William ^a   Marques Portella, Carla ^a   Figueira, Ivan ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Posturography; PTSD; Script driven; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABILOGRAPHY; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80052163471     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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