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ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2021

Heart Rate Variability and Circulating Inflammatory Markers in Midlife.

Nicholas V Alen, Anna M Parenteau, Richard P Sloan, Camelia E Hostinar

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Article in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas V AlenDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Davis.
Anna M ParenteauDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Davis.
Richard P SloanDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University.
Camelia E HostinarDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Davis.
University of California, Davis · USColumbia University · US

Funding

UCLA Clinical Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001881 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ARLEEN F. BROWN, ARASH NAEIM · 2016 to 2026
$118.1M
University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR002373 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELIZABETH S BURNSIDE, Allan R. Brasier · 2017 to 2026
$75.9M
U19 MIDlife in the United States-Diversity Supplement-WellsU19AG051426 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CHRISTOPHER L COE · 2016 to 2026
$74.8M
STATISTICS COREP01AG020166 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2002 to 2015
$50.6M
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Risk Factors, Early Detection and Personalized InterventionUL1TR001409 · NCATS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI GONDRE-LEWIS, MARJORIE C, MELLMAN, THOMAS A · 2015 to 2024
$37.8M
INSTITUTIONAL CTSA (UW-MADISON): CLINICAL TRIALSUL1RR025011 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI DREZNER, MARC KENNETH · 2007 to 2011
$29.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001409NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001881NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002373NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025011NIA NIH HHS P01 AG020166NIA NIH HHS U19 AG051426
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence suggest that the parasympathetic nervous system engages in active monitoring and moderating of inflammatory processes. A clearer understanding of the bidirectional communication between the parasympathetic nervous system and the immune system could lead to novel clinical interventions for inflammatory illnesses. The current study used a large (

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autonomic nervous systemheart rate variabilityimmune systemInflammationvagus nerve

Identifiers

PMID34268499
PMCPMC8277115
OpenAlexW3160832309

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