Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in the Indian population is not known, however; it is considered to be higher than in the Western population. Vitamin B12 deficiency is generally diagnosed by the plasma vitamin B12 level. Metabolites of vitamin B12 ...
Zusammenfassung. Binaurale Stimulationen sind akustisch erzeugte Schwebungen, die im Hirnwellenspektrum liegen und daher als Möglichkeit diskutiert werden, neurophysiologische Entspannungszustände zu induzieren. Die Qualität und Aussagekraft bisheriger ...
Empirical research has demonstrated associations between heart rate variability (HRV) and the regulation of emotion and behavior. Similarly, self-regulation of attention to one’s experience of the present moment in an accepting and nonjudgmental manner is ...
Abstract.Introduction: Researchers have repeatedly discovered an association between depression and autonomic cardiac dysregulation in adults. However, corresponding data concerning minors are still rare. ...
Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability-based Training Prescriptions in Recreational RunningAbstract. The quantification of training loads by using heart rate variability (HRV) indices is a recognized method for individual training prescription. The ...
Acute Effects on TH4 Thoracic Spine Mobilisation Techniques on the Sympathetic Nervous System – a Cross-Over Feasibility StudyAbstract. Up to date, empiric evidence about effects of thoracic spine mobilisation (TH4) on the ...
Heart Rate Variability – State of Research and Clinical ApplicabilityAbstract. Heart rate variability is considered a marker of autonomous nervous system activity. Autonomic imbalance is found ...
Emotion regulation in ADHD: Is vagally-mediated heart rate variability a helpful biomarker?Abstract. Within the past two decades, vagally-mediated heart rate variability (cardiovagal control) has been established as a ...
Strain-recovery level and coping in youth and adolescenceAbstract. Stress scores increase with age in youngsters between 7 and 16. The current study addresses the question whether they develop coping and recovery strategies to compensate for increasing ...
A pilot study on the effect of gong sounds on the cardio-respiratory systemAbstract.Background: Besides the monochord the gong sound may also be used in music therapy. This kind of music therapy is mainly passive ...
In der hier vorgelegten Studie an 39 an Demenz erkrankten Menschen wurde der Frage nachgegangen, ob ein dem Patienten „bekanntes” Musikstück eine deutlichere Wirkung auf Schlafqualität, Ökonomisierung des Herzschlags und den Cortisolspiegel hat, als ein ...
Aufmerksamkeitsprozesse, die sowohl für das Erlernen als auch für das optimale Ausführen von Bewegungen von zentraler Bedeutung sind, können an Sportarten wie Golf psychophysiologisch mittels Kenngrößen wie Herzfrequenzvariabilität (HRV) erfasst werden. ...
Fasting and (over)eating: Effects of yoyo diets on measures of cardiac sympthovagal balanceAbstract.Background: Findings from animal studies suggest sympathetic inhibition during dietary restriction as opposed to increased sympathetic activity during re-...
Is autonomic cardiac control disturbed in patients with depression and coronary artery disease?Abstract.Background and Objective: Heart rate variability is an indicator of autonomic cardiac control. The aim of the present study was to investigate ...
Background and purpose: Brain processing at varying levels of functional complexity and emotional reactions to relatives are anecdotally reported by the caregivers of patients in a vegetative state. In this study, computer-assisted machine-learning ...
Background and rationale: Investigation of the brain’s emotional response to music is limited by methodological problems mainly related to the characterization of the emotions and concomitant brain conditions. In this study, artificial intelligence ...
Fatigue is a prevalent problem in the workplace and a common symptom of many diseases. However, its relationship with the autonomic nervous system, specifically with sympathetic arousal, needs clarification. The objective of this study was to determine ...
The study examines the effect of heart rate variability (HRV) on the cardiac defence response (CDR) and eating disorder symptomatology in chocolate cravers. Female chocolate cravers (n = 36) and noncravers (n = 36) underwent a psychophysiological test to ...
The present study investigates the impact of seafood intake on biological markers in blood such as the marine very long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), in ...
Studies examining the direct effects of stimuli needed to perform mental stress tasks such as instructor commands at regular intervals during the mental task are limited to date. Because of the comprehensive effects of different stimuli, we studied the ...
The purpose of the study was to identify significant changes in heart rate variability (an emerging descriptor of emotional conditions; HRV) concomitant to complex auditory stimuli with emotional value (music). In healthy controls, traumatic brain injured ...
The trait of mindfulness varies among meditation-naïve individuals and is associated with attentional and autonomic regulation, two neurocognitive functions that become impaired in addiction. It was hypothesized that alcohol dependent inpatients with ...
The temporal dynamics of electroencephalogram (EEG)-vigilance as a measure of tonic cortical arousal are discussed as pathogenetic factors in neuropsychiatric disorders. Although there is broad knowledge about the interaction of cortical arousal and ...
Measures of heart rate variability (HRV) are major indices of the sympathovagal balance in cardiovascular research. These measures are thought to reflect complex patterns of brain activation as well and HRV is now emerging as a descriptor thought to ...
In psychotherapy research, there is a general lack of studies that include objective measurements that provide information about the basic underlying mechanisms involved in behavioral and psychiatric conditions. In this pilot study, we investigated ...
Abstract. The aim of the present study was to examine cardiac autonomic function during acute alcohol withdrawal (AW) in two clinical subgroups with alcohol dependence. To this end we compared 24 patients with pure alcohol dependence (Pure ...
Abstract. The vagus nerve is a major constituent in the bidirectional relationship between the heart and the prefrontal cortex. This study investigated the role of the vagus in social cognition using the cold face test (facial cooling) to ...
Abstract. Heart rate variability (HRV), an established index of autonomic cardiovascular modulation, is associated with health outcomes (e.g., obesity, diabetes) and mortality risk. Time- and frequency-domain HRV measures are commonly ...
Abstract. We hypothesized that in healthy subjects differences in resting heart rate variability (rHRV) would be associated with differences in emotional reactivity within the medial visceromotor network (MVN). We also probed whether this ...
Abstract. Self-regulation mechanisms are governed by prefrontal inhibitory processes and play a crucial role in the modulation of pain. In the present study the thermal grill paradigm was used to investigate the association of vagally ...
Abstract. In the present paper we investigate whether patients with a clinical diagnosis of burnout show physiological signs of burden across multiple physiological systems referred to as allostatic load (AL). Measures of the ...
Abstract. Coping with social stress involves cognitive perceptions and the activation of several physiological mechanisms. Our main purpose was to examine how psychological factors such as cognitive appraisal, and particularly self-efficacy, may affect ...
Abstract. This technical note introduces an easy-to-use macro in Office Excel to batch the output from Kubios HRV 2.2, which is a software program for heart rate variability (HRV) data extraction. Due to a new release of the program, previous solutions ...
Abstract. Emotional stimuli automatically capture attention in ways that are relevant to the survival value of the stimuli. We have previously shown that individual differences in resting heart rate variability (HRV) were related to attentional capture ...
Abstract. Ethnic discrimination (ED) is both an unfortunate and uncontrollable phenomenon that uniquely impacts African Americans (AAs) and other individuals of ethnic minority status. Perceived ethnic discrimination (PED), defined as the ...
Abstract. Chronic low blood pressure (hypotension) is accompanied by symptoms such as fatigue, reduced drive, faintness, dizziness, cold limbs, and concentration difficulties. The study explored the involvement of aberrances in autonomic cardiovascular ...
Abstract. Heart rate variability (HRV) has been linked to effective functioning of prefrontal-subcortical inhibitory circuits. Despite the recognized role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in executive functions linked to inhibitory capacity, studies ...
Abstract. Tasks such as the Trier Social Stress Test, narrative recall, and some cognitive challenges require participants to speak in order to measure acute physiological responses to induced stress. Typically, the physiological measures during the ...
Abstract. The overall aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effect of a long-term fatty fish intervention during winter time on psychophysiological responses, that is, heart rate variability (HRV), to mental workload. Forty-seven ...
Abstract. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a biomarker used to reflect both healthy and pathological state(s). The effect of the menstrual cycle and menstrual cycle phases (follicular, luteal) on HRV remains unclear. Active eumenorrheic women free from ...
Abstract. Individuals with internalizing problems differ in levels of attentional control (AC), and this heterogeneity could be associated with differences in autonomic arousal. The present study investigated whether AC moderated the effect of ...
Abstract. Models of psychobiological stress reactivity have a foundation in the measurement of responses to standardized stress tasks. Tasks with anticipatory phases have been proposed as an effective method of stress induction, either as a stand-alone ...
Abstract. This study investigated cardiovascular variability and stress reactivity in major depressive disorder (MDD). While previous research has documented reduced heart rate variability, knowledge about blood pressure variability in MDD remains ...
Abstract. The aim of this experiment was to test the immediate effects of slow-paced breathing on executive function. Slow-paced breathing is suggested to increase cardiac vagal activity, and the neurovisceral integration model predicts that higher ...
Abstract. Parent behaviors strongly predict child responses to acute pain; less studied are the factors shaping parent behaviors. Heart rate variability (HRV) is considered a physiological correlate of emotional responding. Resting or “trait” HRV is ...
Abstract. Parasympathetic function and emotional self-regulation (ESR) share neuroanatomic structures. Based on Porges’ Polyvagal Theory and the Neurovisceral Integration Model (NIM), we compared vagally mediated heart-rate variability (vmHRV) with ...
Abstract. Narrative recall, or describing an event from one’s past, is a common method to study anger in the laboratory. However, most research using this method has not included a neutral speaking control, and therefore the physiological response ...
Abstract. Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders, with treatment outcomes generally being unsatisfactory. The identification of outcome predictors could contribute to improving diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. Heart rate variability (...
Abstract. Binge-eating disorder (BED) is associated with a greater risk for cardiac problems and co-occurring health conditions. Resting-state measures of high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), which is a physiological proxy of ...
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to analyze the psychophysiological stress response of novel pharmacy and biotechnology students in chemistry laboratory practices. Autonomic stress response was analyzed in 66 students by considering heart rate ...