Resting vagal control and resilience as predictors of cardiovascular allostasis in peacekeepers

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 377-383

  Souza, Gabriela Guerra Leal ^a   Magalhães, Ludmila Naves ^a   Da Cruz, Thiago Amorim Ribeiro ^a   Mendonça De Souza, Ana Carolina Ferraz ^b   Duarte, Antônio Fernando A ^c   Fischer, Nastassja L ^d   Souza, Wanderson F ^e   Coutinho, Evandro Da Silva F ^f   Vila, Jaime ^g   Gleiser, Sonia ^d   Figueira, Ivan ^d   Volchan, Eliane ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b Forebrain Neurotecnologia Ltd   (Brazil)

^c Exe rcito Brasileiro Fortaleza de São João Instituto de Pesquisa da Capacitac ão Fi sica do Exe rcito   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac reactivity; Cardiac recovery; Heart rate variability; Individual variability; Parasympathetic nervous system; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTASIS; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SPEECH;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HAITI; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84879079941     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2013.767326     Document Type: Article

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