Sympathetic vasomotor tone is associated with depressive symptoms in young females: A potential link between depression and cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1389-1397

  Sanchez Gonzalez, Marcos A ^a,b   May, Ross W ^b   Koutnik, Andrew P ^b   Kabbaj, Mohamed ^a   Fincham, Frank D ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Blood pressure; Blood pressure variability; Heart rate variability; Hypertension; Major depressive disorder; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 84890483583     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt131     Document Type: Article

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