Self-esteem levels and cardiovascular and inflammatory responses to acute stress

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1241-1247

  O'Donnell, Katie ^a   Brydon, Lena ^a   Wright, Caroline E ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Cytokine; Heart rate variability; Inflammatory; Reactivity; Self esteem; Stress

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLOR VISION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADIPOSITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949126755     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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