| Literature DB >> 15649553 |
Zoltan Jambrik1, Laura Sebastiani, Eugenio Picano, Brunello Ghelarducci, Enrica L Santarcangelo.
Abstract
Post-ischaemic flow mediated dilation of peripheral arteries (FMD) is transiently reduced during mental stress. This experiment was aimed at assessing whether hypnosis, which is a powerful relaxation technique, modulated the FMD response to mental stress in subjects with different hypnotic susceptibility. Results showed that hypnotic relaxation prevented the expected stress-related reduction of FMD only in highly hypnotizable subjects, suggesting a protective role of hypnotisability against vascular damage.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15649553 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2004.07.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Psychophysiol ISSN： 0167-8760 Impact factor: 2.997