Baroreflex mechanisms in major depression
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Baroreflex mechanisms in major depression.
BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that depressive disorder is associated with impaired baroreceptor or baroreflex sensitivity, which is proposed to be a predisposing factor for sudden death in patients with manifest cardiac disease. These studies have not evaluated the afferent and efferent components of the cardiac baroreflex loop or other baroreflex mechanisms that regulate target processe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0278-5846
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.08.015