Challenge or threat? Cardiovascular indexes of resilience and vulnerability to potential stress in humans

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1603-1610

  Seery, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Challenge and threat; Motivated performance situations; Psychophysiology; Resilience and vulnerability; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957504874     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

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