Autonomic dysfunction and heart rate variability in depression

Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 343-352

  Sgoifo, Andrea ^a   Carnevali, Luca ^a   Pico Alfonso, Maria De Los Angeles ^a   Amore, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal models; autonomic function; cardiovascular disease; depression; emotion; heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTION; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84941954507     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2015.1045868     Document Type: Review

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