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  • Neurodegenerative diseases often affect the brain's prefrontal cortex, leading to neuropsychiatric symptoms that disrupt autonomic nervous system regulation, indicated by heart rate variability (HRV).
  • A review of 27 studies found a moderate positive relationship (r = 0.25) between higher HRV and improved cognitive and behavioral outcomes, regardless of average age or cognitive status.
  • The study suggests that HRV could serve as a marker for self-regulation in neurodegenerative diseases, highlighting the need for further research, especially regarding neuropsychiatric symptoms and neuroimaging.

Article Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases, which frequently present with neuropsychiatric symptoms related to prefrontal cortical dysfunction, can alter the integrity of the neural networks involved in central autonomic nervous system regulation, which is proposed to be indexed by heart rate variability (HRV). We systematically reviewed the characteristics, methodology and outcomes of 27 studies of HRV in relation to measures of cognition and behavior in neurodegenerative conditions, and assessed the strength of this relationship, cross-sectionally, across 18 studies. A significant, moderate effect was observed (r = 0.25), such that higher HRV was related to better cognitive and behavioral scores, which was not influenced by mean age or cognitive status. There was no evidence of small-study effects but we could not rule out publication bias, and other factors may have contributed to heterogeneity between studies. Our findings support the proposal that HRV may be a marker of self-regulatory processes in neurodegenerative conditions, and further research on this association is needed in relation to neuropsychiatric symptoms and alongside neuroimaging methods.

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