Relationship between cognition, magnetic resonance white matter hyperintensities, and cardiovascular autonomic changes in late-life depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 691-699

  Vasudev, Akshya ^a,c   Saxby, Brian K ^a   O'Brien, John T ^a   Colloby, Sean J ^a   Firbank, Michael J ^a   Brooker, Helen ^b   Wesnes, Keith ^b   Thomas, Alan J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic; cognition; depression; geriatric; processing speed; vascular; white matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ONSET AGE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84864279220     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31824c0435     Document Type: Article

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