Resting high-frequency heart rate variability is related to resting brain perfusion

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 277-287

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central autonomic control; Cerebral blood flow; Heart rate variability; Race; Sex; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84921614104     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12321     Document Type: Article

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