Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia and their healthy relatives - a small review

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Continuous training; Exercise intervention; Heart rate variability; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATHING RATE; CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84936945448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00139     Document Type: Review

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