Blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity to acute psychological stress: A summary of results from the Dutch Famine Birth Cohort Study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-27

  De Rooij, Susanne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cortisol; Heart rate; Psychological stress; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLUNTED CARDIOVASCULAR REACTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPONSE TIME; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING; STROOP TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CORTISOL; HEART RATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; STRESS REACTIVITY;

ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STARVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886430728     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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