Adiposity is associated with blunted cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and cognitive responses to acute mental stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Jones, Alexander ^a   McMillan, Merlin R ^a   Jones, Russell W ^b,c   Kowalik, Grzegorz T ^a   Steeden, Jennifer A ^a   Deanfield, John E ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^d   Taylor, Andrew M ^a   Muthurangu, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Chorleywood Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862651044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039143     Document Type: Article

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