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abstract: |
  While 
  laboratory 
  methods 
  for 
  estimating 
  genetic 
  susceptibility 
  for 
  adult 
  psychopathology 
  have 
  received 
  much 
  recent 
  attention, 
  laboratory 
  methods 
  for 
  objectively 
  estimating a 
  person’s 
  early 
  autonomic 
  nervous 
  system 
  perturbations 
  have 
  been 
  under-researched. 
  Research 
  on 
  heart 
  rate 
  variability 
  suggests 
  that 
  early 
  life 
  episodes 
  of 
  diminished 
  vagal 
  tone 
  may 
  predict 
  poor 
  stress 
  resilience 
  in 
  adults. 
  This 
  article 
  will 
  detail a 
  research 
  method 
  for 
  retrospectively 
  estimating 
  in 
  adults 
  the 
  chronology 
  of 
  diminished 
  vagal 
  tone 
  episodes 
  experienced 
  prior 
  to 
  age 
  10. 
  This 
  method 
  makes 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  developing 
  enamel 
  matrix, 
  one 
  of 
  very 
  few 
  tissues 
  that 
  cannot 
  recover 
  after 
  being 
  stressed. 
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creators_name:
  - family: Bracha
    given: Stefan
    honourific: Dr.
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date: 2004
date_type: published
datestamp: 2006-08-06
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keywords: |-
  Acute 
  stress 
  reaction; 
  Parasympathetic 
  nervous 
  system; 
  Gulf 
  war 
  syndrome; 
  Nucleus 
  ambiguus; 
  Dental 
  enamel 
  hypoplasia 
  (DEH) 
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pagerange: 127-133
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publication: International Journal of Psychophysiology
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rev_number: 12
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status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:06:42
subjects:
  - clin-psy
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title: Can premorbid episodes of diminished vagal tone be detected via histological markers in patients with PTSD?
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volume: 51
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