Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory coupling in unmedicated schizophrenic patients in comparison to healthy subjects

S Schulz; K J Bär; A Voss

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346761

Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory coupling in unmedicated schizophrenic patients in comparison to healthy subjects

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012:2012:3664-7. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346761.

Authors

S Schulz¹, K J Bär, A Voss

Affiliation

¹ University of Applied Sciences Jena, Department of Medical Engineering and Biotechnology, Jena, Germany. Steffen.Schulz@fh-jena.de

PMID: 23366722
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346761

Abstract

Schizophrenia is associated with a cardiac autonomic dysregulation which is characterized by a decreased vagal modulation. Nevertheless, there are less information about the interrelationships of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in schizophrenia.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Health*
Heart / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Probability
Respiration*
Schizophrenia / drug therapy
Schizophrenia / physiopathology*