Focusing neurovisceral integration: Cognition, heart rate variability, and cerebral blood flow

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-224

  Richard Jennings, J ^a   Allen, Ben ^a   Gianaros, Peter J ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b   Manuck, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Executive function; Heart rate variability; Neuropsychology; Neurovisceral integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84921512617     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12319     Document Type: Article

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