Increased heart rate variability during nondirective meditation

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 773-780

  Nesvold, Anders ^a   Fagerland, Morten W ^a   Davanger, Svend ^b   Ellingsen, Øyvind ^c,d   Solberg, Erik E ^e   Holen, Are ^c,d   Sevre, Knut ^a   Atar, Dan ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; heart rate variability; nondirective meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART RATE; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; TIME;

ADULT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRESSORECEPTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871697171     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741826711414625     Document Type: Article

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