Psychological stresses are associated with cardiovascular diseases to the extent that
cardiovascular diseases are among the most important group of psychosomatic diseases …

Emotional stress has been recognized as a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular
diseases. The impact of stress on physiological and psychological processes is determined …

Neuropsychiatric symptoms and mental illness are commonly present in patients with
chronic systemic diseases. Mood disorders, such as depression, are present in up to 50% of …

Objective Depression is an independent risk factor for cardiac events and mortality in
individuals with or without cardiovascular disease (CVD), although the underlying …

In humans, there are large individual differences in the levels of vagal modulation of resting
heart rate (HR). High levels are a recognized index of cardiac health, whereas low levels are …

Chronic exposure to psychosocial stress has adverse effects on cardiovascular health,
however the stress-sensitive neurocircuitry involved remains to be elucidated. The …

A large body of evidence has emerged linking stressful experiences, particularly from one's
social environment, with psychiatric disorders. However, vast individual differences emerge …

The existence of a close relationship between psychosocial factors and cardiovascular
morbidity is not just a hypothesis anymore. Research on humans has been attempting to …

The present study aimed to investigate sex differences in measures of cardiac chronotropy
and heart rate variability (HRV) in 132 young adult wild-type Groningen rats (n= 45 females) …

The negative emotional consequences associated with life stress exposure in an individual
can affect the emotional state of social partners. In this study, we describe an experimental …