Depression modulates autonomic cardiac control: A physiopsychological pathway linking depression and mortality?

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 67-69

  Mueck Weymann, Michael ^a,b   Moesler, Thomas ^b   Joraschky, Peter ^a   Rebensburg, Max ^a   Agelink, Marcus W ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141429002     PISSN: 14331055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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