Sleep and Other Behavioral States Reflected in Cardiovascular Response Patterns

Cocaine or air jet stress evokes pressor responses due to either a large increase in systemic vascular resistance (vascular responders) or small increases in both cardiac output and vascular resistance (mixed responders) in conscious rats. Repeated cocaine administration results in elevated arterial pressure in vascular responders but not in mixed responders. The present study examined the hypothesis that the pattern of cardiovascular responses to an unconditioned stimulus (UCS; air jet) is related to responses to a conditioned stimulus (CS; tone followed by brief foot shock) in individual rats. Our data demonstrate that presentation of the UCS produced variable cardiac output responses that correlated with responses to the CS ( n = 60). We also determined whether individual cardiovascular response patterns to acute stress correlated with predisposition to a sustained stress-induced elevation in arterial pressure. Rats were exposed to three different stressors presented one per day successively for 4 wk and during a poststress period of 3 wk while arterial pressure was recorded periodically. Mean arterial pressure was elevated in all rats during chronic stress but, during the poststress period, remained at significantly higher levels in vascular responders but not mixed responders. Therefore, we conclude that acute behavioral stress to a conditioned stimulus elicits variable hemodynamic responses that predict the predisposition to a sustained stress-induced elevation in arterial pressure.

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Cardiovascular response patterns during choice reaction time

Physiological Psychology ◽

10.3758/bf03326461 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 130-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

J. Richard Jennings ◽

John Schrot ◽

Charles C. Wood

Keyword(s):

Reaction Time ◽

Choice Reaction Time ◽

Cardiovascular Response ◽

Response Patterns

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Psychophysiological Response Patterns in Migraine Patients

Cephalalgia ◽

10.1046/j.1468-2982.1982.0201019.x ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 19-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Bjørn Ellertsen ◽

Dag Hammerborg

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Pulse Wave ◽

Cardiovascular Response ◽

Cardiovascular Responses ◽

Sampling Period ◽

Response Patterns ◽

Psychophysiological Response ◽

Pulse Wave Amplitude ◽

Temporal Arteries ◽

Baseline Recording

Cardiovascular responses to strong auditory stimulation were compared in common migraine patients and controls. Two matched groups of eight subjects participated in two laboratory sessions. During each session, baseline recording of the cardiovascular variables was followed by twenty auditory stimuli (95 dB, 1000 Hz), sounded at irregular intervals. Phasic responses in heart rate and pulse wave amplitudes in the superficial temporal arteries were measured. A post stimulation sampling period ended each session. Different cardiovascular response patterns were found in the two groups. The migraine patients showed more pronounced heart rate responses and slower habituation to stimulation. Stronger pulse wave amplitude reduction during stimulation and an increase during the post stimulation period was also found in the migraine group.

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Age differences in the consistency of cardiovascular response patterns in healthy women

Biological Psychology ◽

10.1016/0301-0511(87)90065-2 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 23-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Blaine Ditto ◽

Sydney Miller ◽

Stephane Maurice

Keyword(s):

Age Differences ◽

Cardiovascular Response ◽

Response Patterns ◽

Healthy Women

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Sluggish vagal brake reactivity to physical exercise challenge in children with selective mutism

Development and Psychopathology ◽

10.1017/s0954579411000800 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 241-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Keri J. Heilman ◽

Sucheta D. Connolly ◽

Wendy O. Padilla ◽

Marika I. Wrzosek ◽

Patricia A. Graczyk ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Exercise ◽

Social Engagement ◽

Cardiovascular Response ◽

Selective Mutism ◽

Response Patterns ◽

Autonomic Reactivity ◽

Polyvagal Theory ◽

Social Stimuli ◽

Pharyngeal Muscles ◽

Neurophysiological Mechanisms

AbstractCardiovascular response patterns to laboratory-based social and physical exercise challenges were evaluated in 69 children and adolescents, 20 with selective mutism (SM), to identify possible neurophysiological mechanisms that may mediate the behavioral features of SM. Results suggest that SM is associated with a dampened response of the vagal brake to physical exercise that is manifested as reduced reactivity in heart rate and respiration. Polyvagal theory proposes that the regulation of the vagal brake is a neurophysiological component of an integrated social engagement system that includes the neural regulation of the laryngeal and pharyngeal muscles. Within this theoretical framework, sluggish vagal brake reactivity may parallel an inability to recruit efficiently the structures involved in speech. Thus, the findings suggest that dampened autonomic reactivity during mobilization behaviors may be a biomarker of SM that can be assessed independent of the social stimuli that elicit mutism.

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Effects of Physical Training on Stuttering

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.1104.767 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 767-776 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

B. Don Franks ◽

Elizabeth B. Franks

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Group Therapy ◽

Physical Training ◽

Cardiovascular Response ◽

Training Group ◽

Physical Stress ◽

Submaximal Exercise ◽

Endurance Running ◽

Response To Exercise

Eight college students enrolled in group therapy for stuttering were divided into two equal groups for 20 weeks. The training group supplemented therapy with endurance running and calisthenics three days per week. The subjects were tested prior to and at the conclusion of the training on a battery of stuttering tests and cardiovascular measures taken at rest, after stuttering, and after submaximal exercise. There were no significant differences (0.05 level) prior to training. At the conclusion of training, the training group was significandy better in cardiovascular response to exercise and stuttering. Although physical training did not significantly aid the reduction of stuttering as measured in this study, training did cause an increased ability to adapt physiologically to physical stress and to the stress of stuttering.

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