Sample Articles for Student-led Seminars
Human Cardiovascular Psychophysiology

1           Kamarck et al.(1997), Exaggerated Blood Pressure Responses During Mental Stress are Associated with Enhanced Carotid Atherosclerosis in Middle Aged Finnish Men: Findings from the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Study. Circulation Dec 2 issue. Abstract
2           Yeung et al. (1991). The effect of atherosclerosis on the vasomotor response of coronary arteries to mental stress. New England Journal of Medicine, 325, 1551-1556. Abstract
3           Billman, Schwartz & Stone (1982) Baroreflex control of heart rate: A predictor of sudden cardiac death. Circulation, 66, 874-880 Abstract
4           Hull et al. (1990). Heart rate variability before and after myocardial infarction in conscious dogs at high and low risk of sudden death. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 16, 978-985. Abstract
5           Menkes, M.S., Matthews, K. et al. (1989). Cardiovascular reactivity to the cold pressor test as a predictor of hypertension. Hypertension, 14, 524-530. Abstract
6           Anderson et al. (1989). Elevated sympathetic nerve activity in borderline hypertensive humans. Hypertension, 14, 77-183. Abstract
7           Jennings et al. (1999). Sensitivity of a thermal vascular test to vascular anomalies in Raynaud's phenomena. Health Psychology, in press Abstract
(in press)
8           Dowd et al.(1995). Raynaud's phenomenon. The Lancet, 346, 283-290. Abstract
9           Freedman, R., Baer, R. & Maes, M. (1995). Blockade of vasospastic attacks by alpha-2 adrenergic but not alpha-1 adrenergic antagonists in idiopathic Raynaud's disease. Circulation, 92, 1448-1451. Abstract
10           McEwan, B.S., & Stellar, E. (1993). Stress and the Individual: Mechanisms leading to disease. Archives of Internal Medicine, 153, 2093-2101. Abstract
11           Miller, T.Q., Smith, T.W., Turner, C.W., Guijarro, M.L. & Hallet, A.J. (1996). A meta-analytic review of research on hostility and physical health. Psychological Bulletin, 119, 322-348. Abstract
12           Uchino, B.N., Cacioppo, J.T., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K. (1996). The relationship between social support and physiological processes: A review with emphasis on underlying mechanisms and implications for health. Psychological Bulletin, 119, 488-531. Abstract
13           Special Issue on Social Psychophysiology (1998), Annals of Behavioral Medicine,20, 233-337. Abstract
14           Jennings, van der Molen, Brock, & Somsen, (1991) Response inhibition initiates cardiac deceleration: Evidence from a sensory-motor compatibility paradigm. Psychophysiology, 28, 72-85. Abstract
     


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