Relationship between heart rate and emotional memory in subjects with a past history of post-traumatic stress disorder

被引：5

作者：

Nagamine, Mitsue

Matsuoka, Yutaka

Mori, Etsuro

Fujimori, Maiko

Imoto, Shigeru

Kim, Yoshiharu

Uchitomi, Yosuke

机构：

[1] Natl Canc Ctr Hosp E, Res Ctr Innovat Oncol, Psychooncol Div, Chiba 2775877, Japan

[2] Natl Ctr Neurol & Psychiat, NIMH, Div Adult Mental Hlth, Tokyo, Japan

[3] Natl Canc Ctr Hosp E, Breast Surg Div, Chiba, Japan

[4] Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Behav Neurol & Cognit Neurosci, Sendai, Miyagi 980, Japan

来源：

PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES | 2007年 / 61卷 / 04期

关键词：

adrenergic system; emotional memory; heart rate; intrusive recollection; PTSD;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01677.x

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Considerable evidence suggests that the adrenergic system plays an important role in the biological mechanism of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the present pilot study the association between heart rate (HR) recorded prior to slide viewing and long-term emotional memory was compared between human subjects with a past history of PTSD (n = 6) and healthy women controls (n = 12). The correlation between HR during the anticipatory period and emotional memory was significant for the PTSD group (r = 0.93, P < 0.001) but not for the control group (r = 0.21, NS). The adrenergic reaction appears to be associated with emotional memory, which may be strengthened in subjects with a past history of PTSD.

引用

页码：441 / 443

页数：3

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