Blood pressure reactivity revisited

• SAWADA Yukihiro

  Division of Psychology, Sapporo Medical University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 血圧反応性再訪

Abstract

The notion on blood pressure (BP) reactivity as the central measure of cardiovascular hemodynamics in the face of stress (Sawada, 1990) is revisited. This notion is warranted by BP as desired value hypothesis and is supplemented by hemodynamic reaction pattern hypothesis. According to recent findings, the present review sheds light on, presumably the most influential factor, adrenergic receptor sensitivity, which produces dissociation between desired and actually regulated BP values. This leads us to the point where BP reactivity is comparable on a within-subject basis because the adrenoceptor sensitivity is constant in a rather short observation period. Also it is comparable on a between-group basis when the mean adrenoceptor sensitivities are nearly equal between the groups. Based on these discussions, the hypotheses are applied to two psychophysiologically intriguing themes : psychophysiological detection of deception (constant adrenoceptor sensitivity within a suspected person) and alexithymia (nearly equal adrenoceptor sensitivities between alexithymic and non-alexithymic individuals). (Japanese Journal of Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology, 24 (3) : 257-271, 2006.)

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology

  Japanese Journal of Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology 24 (3), 257-271, 2006

  Japanese Society for Physiological Psychology and Psychophysiology

Keywords

• blood pressure
• stress
• adrenergic receptor sensitivity
• psychophysiological detection of deception
• alexithymia

Details

• CRID: 1390001205459071488
• NII Article ID: 130004624566
• DOI: 10.5674/jjppp1983.24.257
• ISSN: 02892405
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
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• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed