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A Brain Phenotype for Stressor-Evoked Blood Pressure Reactivity.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 23 Aug 2017
Gianaros Peter J, Sheu Lei K, Uyar Fatma, Koushik Jayanth, Jennings J Richard, Wager Tor D, Singh Aarti, Verstynen Timothy D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Individuals who exhibit large-magnitude blood pressure (BP) reactions to acute psychological stressors are at risk for hypertension and premature death by cardiovascular disease. This study tested whether a multivariate pattern of stressor-evoked brain activity could reliably predict individual differences in BP reactivity, providing novel evidence for a candidate neurophysiological source of...
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