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A Methodological Approach to Non-invasive Assessments of Vascular Function and Morphology
Published on: February 7, 2015
Hypnotic modulation of flow-mediated endothelial response to mental stress
Zoltan Jambrik1, Laura Sebastiani, Eugenio Picano
1National Council of Research, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.
Abstract:
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.
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