Across
- 7. decreased ____ tone has been implicated in psychocardiac coupling
- 8. induction of Bax and Bcl-xl transcripts in a rodent model of depression predisposes cardiac tissue to undergo _____
- 9. detailing myocardial _____ in MDD can inform approaches to cardioprotection but this is currently ill defined
- 10. this very important protein complex is heavily used in innate cells of the immune system and has been implicated in schizophrenia, cardiac disease, and addictive disorders in addition to cancer and immune conditions. (abbreviation, no dashes or spaces)
- 11. PINE network is an abbreviation for what (no spaces or dashes)
- 12. MDD increases the risk of recurrent cardiac events and death ___-fold.
- 13. this axis, along with immuno-inflammatory dysfunction has been implicated in psychocardiac coupling
Down
- 1. overactivity of this part of the nervous system has been implicated in psycho-cardiac coupling
- 2. receptor type implicated in vagally mediated cardiac protection
- 3. percentage of patients referred for cardiac catheterization and angiography with pre-existing MDD
- 4. major neurotransmitter in MDD and peripherally acts as a mediator of inflammation
- 5. in addition to systemic factors, this structure is directly modified in depression
- 6. myocyte contractile properties are impaired due to lack of this element in depression or chronic stress
