Higher body fat percentage is associated with increased cortisol reactivity and impaired cognitive resilience in response to acute emotional stress

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Mujica Parodi, L R ^a,c   Renelique, R ^a   Taylor, M K ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Body mass index; Cognition; Cortisol; Emotional stress; Spatial processing

Indexed keywords

FAT; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY FAT; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149483715     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.218     Document Type: Article

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