Can premorbid episodes of diminished vagal tone be detected via histological markers in patients with PTSD?

被引:8
作者
Bracha, HS
机构
[1] Natl Ctr Posttraumat Stress Disorder, Dept Vet Affairs, Pacific Isl Hlth Care Syst, Spark M Matsunaga Med Ctr, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA
[2] Univ Hawaii, Sch Social Sci, Dept Psychol, Honolulu, HI USA
关键词
acute stress reaction; parasympathetic nervous system; Gulf war syndrome; nucleus ambiguus; dental enamel hypoplasia (DEH);
D O I
10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.08.003
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
While laboratory methods for estimating genetic susceptibility for adult psychopathology have received much recent attention, laboratory methods for objectively estimating a person's early autonomic nervous system perturbations have been under-researched. Research on heart rate variability suggests that early life episodes of diminished vagal tone may predict poor stress resilience in adults. This article will detail a research method for retrospectively estimating in adults the chronology of diminished vagal tone episodes experienced prior to age 10. This method makes use of the developing enamel matrix, one of very few tissues that cannot recover after being stressed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:127 / 133
页数:7
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