Atypical patterns of respiratory sinus arrhythmia index an endophenotype for depression

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 1337-1352

  Yaroslavsky, Ilya ^a   Rottenberg, Jonathan ^b   Kovacs, Maria ^c  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; RISK; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; RISK; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84913603156     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579414001060     Document Type: Article

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