Heart rate variability is a trait marker of major depressive disorder: Evidence from the sertraline vs electric current therapy to treat depression clinical study

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1937-1949

  Brunoni, Andre Russowsky ^a   Kemp, Andrew H ^b   Dantas, Eduardo M ^c   Goulart, Alessandra C ^a   Nunes, Maria Angélica ^d   Boggio, Paulo S ^e   Mill, José Geraldo ^c   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^f   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; major depressive disorder; randomized controlled trial; serotonin uptake inhibitors; sertraline; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883402655     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145713000497     Document Type: Article

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