title: [The significance of the arterial pulse waves and their enveloppe curves in endogenous depression].
abstract: The envelope curves of arterial pulse waves are carries of information about the central circulatory and respiratory regulation. Using a discriminence analysis, the mean width of the wave peak of this curve appears as a characteristic feature of the activity form of the generally activating reticular system which is changed in endogenous depressions. By means of this feature, it is possible to distinguish patients with endogenous depression from healthy test persons without using psychopathological findings.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung der Arterienpulswellen und ihrer Hüllungskurven für endogene Depressionen.