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Coordination dynamics of circulatory and respiratory rhythms during psychomotor drive reduction

V Perlitz1, B Cotuk, M Lambertz

  • 1Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapeutische Medizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Rheinisch-Westfälisch-Technischen Hochschule Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, Aachen 52057, Germany. vmperlitz@ukaachen.de

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