Alteration of cardiac autonomic functions in patients with major depression: A study using heart rate variability measures
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 21 November 2006
Kaviraja Udupa, Talakad N. Sathyaprabha, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Kislay Kishore, G.S. Lavekar, T.R. Raju
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Depression is associated with alteration of cardiac autonomic tone towards decreased parasympathetic activity and an increased sympathetic activity, and it is possible that a common neurobiological dysfunction contributes to both depression and heart autonomic changes in the illness.
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Depression is associated with alteration of cardiac autonomic tone towards decreased parasympathetic activity and an increased sympathetic activity. It is possible that a common neurobiological dysfunction contributes to both depression and cardiac autonomic changes in the illness.
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