Disordered eating behaviour is associated with blunted cortisol and cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 715-724

  Ginty, Annie T ^a   Phillips, Anna C ^a   Higgs, Suzanne ^a   Heaney, Jennifer L J ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute psychological stress; Cardiovascular activity; Cortisol; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE ACTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF INDUCED VOMITING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASODILATATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASODILATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84858437396     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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