• Psychiatrische Praxis · Sep 2007

    [Pain perception is not influenced by altered autonomic function in major depression].

    • Karl-Jürgen Bär and Wolf Greiner.
    • Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena. Karl-Juergen.Baer@med.uni-jena.de
    • Psychiatr Prax. 2007 Sep 1; 34 Suppl 3: S309-13.

    ObjectiveDepression is a common comorbidity of chronic pain and chronic pain represents a common additional symptom of depressed patients. The physiological basis is unknown.MethodsWe investigated the possible interrelation between autonomic dysfunction and altered pain perception in unmedicated patients (U1), after introduction of antidepressive therapy (U2) and after clinical remission.ResultsIn accordance with previous reports we found increased thermal pain thresholds in our unmedicated patients. Cardiac autonomic dysfunction was not evitable in unmedicated, depressed patients.ConclusionsWe conclude that autonomic dysfunction is unlikely to be involved in the pathophysiology of altered pain perception in depression.

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