T. Majewski

TL;DR: The authors computed age- and gender-dependent normal values for each of the HRV indices studied here and discuss the clinical consequences arising from gender differences in HRV.

TL;DR: Serial standardized recordings of conventional electrocardiograms and computer-calculated measurements of 5-minute resting heart rate variability (HRV) were obtained from 51 medication-free inpatients with schizophrenia and the most important findings were the following: clozapine, olanzapines, and sertindole all prolonged mean frequency-corrected QTc times, which, in the case of sERTindole, proved to be significant.

TL;DR: Patients with MD may suffer from functional disturbances in the interaction between the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic tree, and the pattern of autonomic changes during treatment suggests that nefazodone induced a dose dependent, serotonergically-mediated down-regulation of the sympathetic tone.

TL;DR: Benzodiazepines can influence autonomic neurocardiac regulation in man, probably through their interaction with the &ggr;-aminobutyric acidA-receptor chloride ion channel complex.

TL;DR: The results demonstrated a significant association between the presence of a CAN and peripheral neuropathy (PNP) amongst chronic alcoholics and provide reason to suspect that the total lifetime dose of alcohol and the duration of alcohol dependence are the most important factors contributing to the pathogenesis of both PNP and sympathetic dysfunction.