Polarity- and valence-dependent effects of prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation on heart rate variability and salivary cortisol

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-66

  Brunoni, Andre R ^a   Vanderhasselt, Marie Anne ^b   Boggio, Paulo S ^c   Fregni, Felipe ^d   Dantas, Eduardo Miranda ^e   Mill, José G ^e   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomous nervous system; Heart rate variability; Salivary cortisol; Stress response; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; SYMPATHO ADRENO MEDULLARY SYSTEM; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ELECTRODES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SALIVA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870390401     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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