Acute psychosocial challenge and cardiac autonomic response in women: The role of estrogens, corticosteroids, and behavioral coping styles

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 451-463

  Pico Alfonso, M Angeles ^a   Mastorci, Francesca ^a   Ceresini, Graziano ^a   Ceda, Gian Paolo ^a   Manghi, Massimo ^a   Pino, Olimpia ^a   Troisi, Alfonso ^b   Sgoifo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Displacement; Estrogens; Heart rate; HPA axis; Menstrual cycle; Psychosocial stress; Submission

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34248573996     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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