title: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in blood phobic subjects.
abstract: 12 blood-phobic subjects, selected according to the Fear Survey Schedule and the Mutilation Questionnaire, and 50 control subjects performed a paced respiration task during which heart rate and respiration were recorded. Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) was analyzed as an autonomic index of vagal influence on the heart. Analysis showed a larger RSA in the blood-phobic group than the controls and points to a difference in vagal activity at rest between the groups.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, Padova, Italy. angirilli@psico.unipd.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angrilli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarlo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Palomba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schincaglia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stegagno
mesh_terms: D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001769:Blood; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000503:physiopathology; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology