Common genes contribute to depressive symptoms and heart rate variability: The twins heart study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Su, Shaoyong ^a   Lampert, Rachel ^b   Lee, Forrester ^b   Bremner, J Douglas ^a   Snieder, Harold ^c,d   Jones, Linda ^a   Murrah, Nancy V ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^e   Vaccarino, Viola ^a,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common genes; Depressive symptoms; Heart rate variability; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953243618     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.1.1     Document Type: Article

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