Heart rate variability is associated with amygdala functional connectivity with MPFC across younger and older adults

NeuroImage

Volumn 139, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-52

  Sakaki, Michiko ^a,b   Yoo, Hyun Joo ^c   Nga, Lin ^c   Lee, Tae Ho ^d   Thayer, Julian F ^e   Mather, Mara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amygdala; Emotion regulation; Functional connectivity; Heart rate variability; MPFC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; CONNECTOME; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALA; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84974827661     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.05.076     Document Type: Article

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