Maladaptive autonomic regulation in PTSD accelerates physiological aging

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Williamson, John B ^a,b   Porges, Eric C ^a,b   Lamb, Damon G ^a,b   Porges, Stephen W ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Autonomic nervous system; Chronic stress; Polyvagal theory; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926611222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01571     Document Type: Article

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