title: Depression, autonomic function, and cardiorespiratory fitness: comment on Hughes, et al. (2010).
abstract: A recent paper by Hughes and colleagues suggested that dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system in depressed cardiac patients was partly explained by reduced physical activity and fitness. Other data demonstrate that exercise training and improvements in fitness not only lead to improvements in autonomic function in coronary patients but also reduce depression and depression-related increased mortality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA. clavie@ochsner.org
authors.forename: Carl J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lavie
authors.forename: Richard V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Milani
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*