Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis is associated with reduced parasympathetic activity during sleep in US veterans and military service members of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

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Hall, Martica H^3¹  Dennis, Paul A^2,4²  Ulmer, Christi S^1,2³  Beckham, Jean C^2⁴ 

[1] Department of Psychiatry and Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC^2;Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA^3;Health Services Research &, Development, Durham Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Durham, NC^1;Research &, Development, Durham Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Durham, NC^4

关键词: nocturnal heart rate variability;    parasympathetic nervous system;    posttraumatic stress disorder;    veterans;    sleep quality;   

DOI  :  10.1093/sleep/zsy174

学科分类：生理学

来源: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Study ObjectivesTo determine whether high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) during sleep differs between those with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a function of sleep type (non-rapid eye movement [NREM] vs. rapid eye movement [REM]), and to explore this relationship across successive sleep cycles. Participants with PTSD were hypothesized to have lower HF-HRV across both REM and NREM sleep.

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