Cardiovascular and endocrine reactivity in older females: Intertask consistency

Louise C. Hawkley; Mary Burleson; Kirsten M. Poehlmann; Gary G. Berntson; William B. Malarkey; John T. Cacioppo

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Cardiovascular and endocrine reactivity in older females: Intertask consistency

Louise C. Hawkley, Mary Burleson, Kirsten M. Poehlmann, Gary G. Berntson, William B. Malarkey, John T. Cacioppo

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Abstract

Age-related structural and functional changes in the cardiovascular, sympathoadrenomedullary (SAM), and hypothalamicpituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) systems may affect the ability to reliably identify individual differences in response to stress. Heart rate, preejection period, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, respiratory rate, norepinephrine, epinephrine, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and cortisol were assessed in 64 healthy older women (mean = 67 years) in response to a mental arithmetic and public-speaking task. All cardiovascular and endocrine measures changed significantly during the tasks. All measures were consistent across the two tasks (r_ss = .50 to .97). Moreover, a majority of women in this sample exhibited cross-task consistency in the relative activation of the autonomic, SAM, and HPA systems (i.e., response profiles). Further research is recommended to examine the significance of consistent individual differences in response profile.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	863-872
Number of pages	10
Journal	Psychophysiology
Volume	38
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8986.3860863
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity
Endocrine reactivity
Intertask consistency
Older women
Response profiles

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuroscience(all)
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Neurology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Developmental Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry

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