Combined effect of prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation and a working memory task on heart rate variability.

Prefrontal cortex activity has been associated with changes to heart rate variability (HRV) via mediation of the cortico-subcortical pathways that regulate the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system. Changes in HRV due to altered prefrontal cortex functioning can be...

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Main Authors: Stevan Nikolin, Tjeerd W Boonstra, Colleen K Loo, Donel Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5542548?pdf=render