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Heart Rate Variability: A Neuroscientific Perspective for Further Studies

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Berntson, G.G., Cacioppo, J.T. Heart Rate Variability: A Neuroscientific Perspective for Further Studies. Card Electrophysiol Rev 3, 279–282 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009920002142

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