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Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology Psychosomatic Medicine

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Feeling Lightheaded: The Role of Cerebral Blood Flow

Johan Bresseleers, Ilse Van Diest, Steven De Peuter, Peter Verhamme, Omer Van den Bergh
Psychosomatic Medicine Summary & key facts 2010 20 citations

Researchers tested 33 healthy people to see how lightheadedness and brain blood flow are linked. During hyperventilation that lowered CO2, people's reports of lightheadedness matched drops in cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFv). After a few such episodes, a smell that had been paired with hyperventilation later triggered more lightheadedness and…

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Pain Management and Placebo Effect Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
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