Effects of anxiety due to mental stress on heart rate variability in healthy subjects

Minerva Psichiatrica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-231

  Traina, M ^a   Cataldo, A ^a   Galullo, F ^a   Russo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 84857675282     PISSN: 03911772     EISSN: 18271731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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