...Sarah Immanuel; Meseret N. Teferra; Mathias Baumert; Niranjan Bidargaddi The utility of heart rate variability (HRV) for characterizing psychological stress is primarily impacted by methodological considerations such as study populations, experienced versus induced stress, and method of stress...

... consumption, carbon dioxide emission, and heart rate), saliva sampling for the estimation of cortisol and α-amylase concentrations, and self-rating of mood, energy, and sleepiness. Results: There was no light-specific effect on the measured variables, except that sleepiness was reduced more with bright light...

... during alcohol withdrawal (n = 10) on days 1, 2 and 10 and during early recovery (n = 10; duration 45 ± 4.1 days). The heart rate was obtained from the electrocardiogram. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured with a sphygmomanometer by Korotkoff. Stroke volume was studied by impedance...

...Vikram K. Yeragani; Robert Pohl; Richard Balon; C. Ramesh; Debra Glitz; Paul Sherwood Supine and standing heart rate (HR) and blood pressure measures were compared among 19 nonsmoking normal controls, 29 smoking patients and 36 nonsmoking patients with panic disorder. The smoking patients had...

... in this age group of patients with panic disorder. Panic disorder HolterECG Heart rate Arrhythmia Cardiovascular morbidity Neuropsychobiology Biological Psychiatry Main Editor: J. Mendlewicz (Brussels) Original Paper Neuropsychobiology 1997;35:175-177 M.N. Reddy E. Sobolewski o nei S. Gupta A.S...

...Marc Jobert; Eric Poiseau; Peter Jähnig; Paul Gaillard; Hartmut Schulz The influence of the benzodiazepine hypnotic lormetazepam (1 mg) and the cyclopyrrolone hypnotic zopiclone (7.5 mg) on heart rate activity was studied in 16 elderly insomniacs in a placebo-controlled, randomised, 3-fold...

...Vikram K. Yeragani Symptoms of anxiety suggest autonomic dysfunction and most of the psycho-tropic agents used to treat anxiety and affective disorders have strong autonomic effects. This article describes the utility and importance of analysis of heart rate and blood pressure time series to study...

..., subjects smoked 1 of 5 cigarettes having the following FTC nicotine/’tar’ yields in mg: 0.08/8.5, 0.17/9.1, 0.37/9.8, 0.48/9.8, and 0.74/10.4. On a pre- to postsmoking basis, blood nicotine and heart rate increased with nicotine yield. The effect of nicotine yield on changes in self-rated anxiety...

...Fuad Lechin; Bertha van der Dijs; Marcel Lechin; Scarlet Báez; Héctor Jara; Alex Lechin; Beatriz Orozco; Isaís Rada; Alejandra Cabrera; Vladimir Jiménez Plasma noradrenaline (NA), adrenaline (Ad), dopamine (DA), platelet serotonin (p5HT), free serotonin (f5HT), glucose, heart rate (HR) and blood...

.... Hydrocortisone Auditory evoked potential Vertex potential components Pl, Nl, P2 Mood Heart rate Blood pressure Biological Psychology/Pharmacopsychology Neuropsychobiology 1988:20:145-151 © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel O302-282X/88/O2O3-O145$2.75/O Influences of Cortisol on Auditory Evoked Potentials (AEPs...

...U. Goetze; R. Tölle Free cortisol in urine, temperature and heart rate were examined in 81 endogenous depressives and 15 healthy controls in five successive 24-hour rhythms. The nocturnal mean value, amplitude, phase position of the minima and period length were calculated. Main results: cortisol...

...J.W. Lovett Doust The sinus rhythm resting heart rates of 138 schizophrenic patients were monitored electrocardiographically each for 30 min and were compared with those of 139 healthy controls. It was found that a signifìcant sinus tachycardia existed in the patients. Factors of chronologic age...

... and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in blackjack gamblers. Twenty-nine males were continuously monitored before, during and after a 90-min blackjack session in a casino wagering their own money and during a control condition where subjects played cards for accumulation of points. Heart rate...

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... Cardiac output Heart rate Propranolol Biological Psychiatry Original Paper Neuropsychobiology 2003;47:192 197 DOI: 10.1159/000071214 Alcohol Withdrawal Changes Cardiovascular Responses to Propranolol Challenge Seppo Kähkönen BioMag Laboratory, Helsinki University Central Hospital; Department...