Somatic, but not cognitive-affective, symptoms are associated with reduced heart rate variability in individuals with dysphoria

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Benvenuti, Simone Messerotti ^a   Buodo, Giulia ^a   Mennella, Rocco ^a   Palomba, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular risk; Cognitive affective symptoms; Dysphoria; Heart rate variability; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930937655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00599     Document Type: Article

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