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Brain Imaging of Stress and Cardiovascular Responses

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Neuroimaging studies in humans can provide valuable insight into the central ­mechanisms through which stress can impact on cardiovascular health. Functional brain imaging has become a major investigative tool within neuroscience that is extensively applied to the characterisation of regional activity patterns associated with cognitive and emotional processing. Neuroimaging approaches have also been applied to examine the control of bodily state, including the generation of adaptive and maladaptive cardiovascular responses.

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Gray, M., Nagai, Y., Critchley, H.D. (2011). Brain Imaging of Stress and Cardiovascular Responses. In: Hjemdahl, P., Steptoe, A., Rosengren, A. (eds) Stress and Cardiovascular Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-419-5_8

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