The behavioural, cognitive, and neural corollaries of blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue , 2017, Pages 74-86

  Carroll, Douglas ^a   Ginty, Annie T ^b   Whittaker, Anna C ^a   Lovallo, William R ^c   de Rooij, Susanne R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Blunted stress reactivity; Cardiovascular activity; Cognitive ability; Cortisol; Health; Neural hypoactivation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADDICTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BULIMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85014935541     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.02.025     Document Type: Review

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