Tim Brunson DCH

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Hypnotic modulation of flow-mediated endothelial response to mental stress

Posted At : February 1, 2005 1:38 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Post-ischaemic flow mediated dilation of peripheral arteries (FMD) is transiently reduced during mental stress. This experiment was aimed at assessing whether hypnosis, which is a powerful relaxation technique, modulated the FMD response to mental stress in subjects with different hypnotic susceptibility. Results showed that hypnotic relaxation prevented the expected stress-related reduction of FMD only in highly hypnotizable subjects, suggesting a protective role of hypnotisability against vascular damage.

National Council of Research, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.

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