Differences of sympathetic and parasympathetic modulation in major depression

• Published in: Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry Vol. 79; no. Pt B; pp. 324 - 331
• Main Authors: Schumann, Andy, Andrack, Caroline, Bär, Karl-Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 03.10.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Area Under Curve; Autonomic function; Baroreflex; Baroreflex - physiology; Blood Pressure - physiology; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - classification; Depressive Disorder, Major - physiopathology; Female; Galvanic Skin Response - physiology; Heart Rate - physiology; Heart rate variability; Humans; Linear Models; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Parasympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; Pupil; Pupil - physiology; Respiration; Rest; ROC Curve; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; Pupil; Autonomic function; Depression; Heart rate variability; Baroreflex

Inconsistent results have been reported with respect to cardiac autonomic function in major depression. The aim of our study was to investigate autonomic function in various branches of the autonomic nervous system in order to better understand parasympathetic and sympathetic modulation in the disea...