@article{ref1,
title="Relationship between heart rate and emotional memory in subjects with a past history of post‐traumatic stress disorder",
journal="Psychiatry and the Clinical Neurosciences",
year="2007",
author="Nagamine, Mitsue and Matsuoka, Yutaka and Mori, Etsuro and Fujimori, Maiko and Imoto, Shigeru and Kim, Yoshiharu and Uchitomi, Yosuke",
volume="61",
number="4",
pages="441-443",
abstract="Abstract  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.<p />",
language="",
issn="1323-1316",
doi="10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01677.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01677.x"
}