Depression and anxiety : differing relationships to respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Many theoretical models addressing the role of the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system in psychopathology predict decreased respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in disorders such as depression and anxiety. However, decreased RSA in depression is not consistently observed across stud...

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Main Author: Hibbert, Anita S.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43112