Search Results - "LOVALLO, W. R"

Cardiovascular and neuroendocrine adjustment to public speaking and mental arithmetic stressors by AL'ABSI, MUSTAFA, BONGARD, STEPHAN, BUCHANAN, TONY, PINCOMB, GWENDOLYN A., LICINIO, JULIO, LOVALLO, WILLIAM R.

“…In this study, we evaluated cardiovascular. neuroendocrine, and psychological adjustment to repeated presentations of a public speaking and a mental arithmetic…”
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Cortisol fluctuates with increases and decreases in negative affect by Buchanan, Tony W, al'Absi, Mustafa, Lovallo, William R

“…Prior studies have reported cortisol secretion to be primarily influenced by negative affect, but less is known about cortisol activity during states of…”
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Cardiovascular differentiation of emotions by Sinha, R, Lovallo, W R, Parsons, O A

“…This study examined the cardiovascular mechanisms governing differential blood pressure changes during the emotions of joy, sadness, fear, and anger. Heart…”
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Hypertension Risk Status and Effect of Caffeine on Blood Pressure by Hartley, Terry R, Sung, Bong Hee, Pincomb, Gwendolyn A, Whitsett, Thomas L, Wilson, Michael F, Lovallo, William R

“…We compared the acute effects of caffeine on arterial blood pressure (BP) in 5 hypertension risk groups composed of a total of 182 men. We identified 73 men…”
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Cortisol secretion patterns in addiction and addiction risk by Lovallo, William R.

“…Addiction to alcohol or nicotine involves altered functioning of the brain's motivational systems. Altered functioning of the…”
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Psychological and physiological responses to postprandial mental stress in women with the irritable bowel syndrome by Elsenbruch, S, Lovallo, W R, Orr, W C

“…To investigate the psychological (affective and symptomatic) and physiological (autonomic and cortisol) responses to postprandial mental stress in women with…”
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Additive pressor effects of caffeine and stress in male medical students at risk for hypertension by Shepard, Jack D, al’Absi, Mustafa, Whitsett, Thomas L, Passey, Richard B, Lovallo, William R

“…The effects of caffeine on blood pressure (BP) and cortisol secretion were examined during elevated work stress in medical students at high versus low risk for…”
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Adrenocorticotropin responses to interpersonal stress: effects of overt anger expression style and defensiveness by al’Absi, Mustafa, Bongard, Stephan, Lovallo, William R.

“…This study evaluated the influence of overt anger expression style and defensiveness on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) responses to acute…”
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Five-year follow-up for adverse outcomes in males with at least minimally positive angiograms: importance of “denial” in assessing psychosocial risk factors by Ketterer, Mark W., Huffman, Jennifer, Lumley, Mark A., Wassef, Sami, Gray, Lenora, Kenyon, Lori, Kraft, Phil, Brymer, James, Rhoads, Ken, Lovallo, W.R., Goldberg, A.David

“…The purpose of this study was to test the role of “denial” (spouse/friend minus self-ratings on parallel versions of the same questionnaire) in diluting the…”
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Borderline hypertensives produce exaggerated adrenocortical responses to mental stress by al'Absi, M, Lovallo, W R, McKey, B S, Pincomb, G A

“…Serum cortisol concentrations were compared in 18 borderline hypertensive (BH) and 20 normotensive (NT) men before and after mental stress. Two levels of…”
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Enhanced memory for emotional material following stress-level cortisol treatment in humans by Buchanan, Tony W, Lovallo, William R

“…Memory tends to be better for emotionally arousing information than for neutral information. Evidence from animal studies indicates that corticosteroids may be…”
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Cardiovascular reactivity: Mechanisms and pathways to cardiovascular disease by Lovallo, William R.

“…Researchers in physiology, psychology, and medicine have held the idea that risk for cardiovascular disease is increased by exaggerated responses to stress…”
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Sex differences in pain perception and cardiovascular responses in persons with parental history for hypertension by al'Absi, M, Buchanan, T W, Marrero, A, Lovallo, W R

“…We investigated gender differences in cardiovascular and pain responses to the cold pressor (CP) test in persons with positive (PH+) or negative parental…”
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Pain perception and cardiovascular responses in men with positive parental history for hypertension by al'Absi, M, Buchanan, T, Lovallo, W R

“…Evidence suggests a reduced pain sensitivity in hypertensive individuals. This study sought to extend this work to normotensive individuals with hypertensive…”
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Acute blood pressure elevations with caffeine in men with borderline systemic hypertension by Pincomb, Gwendolyn A., Lovallo, William R., McKey, Barbara S., Sung, Bong Hee, Passey, Richard B., Everson, Susan A., Wilson, Michael F.

“…Whether the vasoconstrictive actions of caffeine are enhanced in hypertensive persons has not been demonstrated. Thus, caffeine (3.3 mg/kg) versus placebo was…”
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Heart rate reactivity as a predictor of neuroendocrine responses to aversive and appetitive challenges by Lovallo, W R, Pincomb, G A, Brackett, D J, Wilson, M F

“…The present paper examines the neuroendocrine influences of aversive and reward incentives (noise and shock versus monetary bonuses) presented during reaction…”
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Stress-like adrenocorticotropin responses to caffeine in young healthy men by Lovallo, William R., Al'absi, Mustafa, Blick, Kenneth, Whitsett, Thomas L., Wilson, Michael F.

“…The effects of oral caffeine (3.3 mg/kg, equivalent to 2–3 cups of coffee) on plasma adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and Cortisol (CORT) were tested in 47 healthy…”
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Hemodynamics during rest and behavioral stress in normotensive men at high risk for hypertension by LOVALLO, WILLIAM R., al'ABSI, MUSTAFA

“…Persons at risk for hypertension may show elevated blood pressure (BP) at rest and during mental stress; however, the hemodynamics underlying the BP of those…”
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Altered cortisol response in sober alcoholics: An examination of contributing factors by Bernardy, Nancy C., King, Andrea C., Parsons, Oscar A., Lovallo, William R.

“…We have previously reported an attenuated plasma cortisol stress response in alcoholics abstinent from alcohol up to 4 weeks. The present study replicates and…”
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Is aspirin, as used for antithrombosis, an emotion-modulating agent? by Ketterer, Mark W., Brymer, James, Rhoads, Ken, Kraft, Phillip, Lovallo, William R.

“…Antiplatelet substances, generally aspirin, have become widely used for secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease. Used in relatively small doses, it is…”
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