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The effect of glucose and mental stress on cutaneous microvascular endothelial function
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The effect of glucose and mental stress on cutaneous microvascular endothelial function

Marie-Jo Brion and P.D. Drummond
Psychophysiology, Vol.42(3), pp.282-289
2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2005.00284.x
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Abstract

Glucose and mental stress, independently, have been found to impair arterial endothelial function (an indicator of vascular health). The present study sought to determine whether the combination of glucose and stress would have a greater effect on microvascular endothelial function than each on its own. To assess endothelial function, surges in skin blood flow (reactive hyperemia), following the release of cuff pressure to the upper arm at 200 mmHg for 5 min, were measured with laser Doppler flowmetry in 40 young, healthy females. Endothelial function did not change significantly following a 5-min mathematics stressor or the consumption of 75 g of glucose. However, the combination of glucose and stress impaired endothelium-dependent dilatation 30 min after glucose consumption. These findings suggest that combinations of vascular risk factors may be more threatening to cardiovascular health than singularly occurring factors.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.172 Sports Science
1.172.823 Thermoregulation
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Neurosciences
Physiology
Psychology
Psychology, Biological
Psychology, Experimental
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Psychiatry/Psychology
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