Skip to main content

Heart Rate Variability Hormones

Meaning

Heart Rate Variability Hormones is a descriptive clinical term referring to the key endocrine signaling molecules that exert a significant and measurable influence on the autonomic nervous system’s control of heart rate variability (HRV). While HRV is a measure of the balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic tone, hormones such as cortisol, thyroid hormones, catecholamines, and sex steroids directly impact this balance, reflecting the body’s overall allostatic load and stress response capacity. HRV thus serves as a valuable, non-invasive proxy for underlying hormonal stress.