Acute and chronic psychological stress as risk factors for cardiovascular disease: Insights gained from epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-30

  Lagraauw, H Maxime ^a   Kuiper, Johan ^a   Bot, Ilze ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic stress; Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Risk factor; Therapeutic target

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC STRESS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RATS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939179171     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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