Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Acute stress"

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Cardiovascular reactivity and oxidative stress in young and older adults: the African-PREDICT and SABPA studies

Myburgh, Caitlynd; Huisman, Hugo W.; Mels, Catharina M.C. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

Background: Oxidative stress and increased cardiovascular reactivity are associated with endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease development. These factors along with early vascular compromise are more pronounced ...
The expression of plasticity-related genes in an acute model of stress is modulated by chronic desipramine in a time-dependent manner within medial prefrontal cortex

Nava, Nicoletta; Wegener, Gregers; Treccani, Giulia; Müller, Heide Kaastrup; Popoli, Maurizio (Elsevier, 2017)

It is well established that stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric diseases. Stress-induced alteration of synaptic plasticity has been hypothesized to underlie the morphological changes observed ...