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Vagus activation by Cold Face Test reduces acute psychosocial stress responses
| Title: | Vagus activation by Cold Face Test reduces acute psychosocial stress responses |
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| Authors: | Robert Richer, Janis Zenkner, Arne Küderle, Nicolas Rohleder, Bjoern M. Eskofier |
| Source: | Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | Nature Portfolio, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine, Science |
| More Details: | Abstract Chronic stress is linked to dysregulations of the two major stress pathways—the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which could for example result from maladaptive responses to repeated acute stress. Improving recovery from acute stress could therefore help to prevent this dysregulation. One possibility of physiologically interfering with an acute stress reaction might be provided by applying a cold stimulus to the face (Cold Face Test, CFT) which activates the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), leading to immediate heart rate decreases. Therefore, we investigated the use of the CFT protocol as an intervention to reduce acute stress responses. Twenty-eight healthy participants were exposed to acute psychosocial stress via the Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST) in a randomized between-subjects design while heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), and salivary cortisol were assessed. While both groups were equally stressed during the procedure, participants with CFT intervention showed better recovery, indicated by significant ( $$p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-022-23222-9 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/3129e6f619b341d5a5d00f2eab2fcab5 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.3129e6f619b341d5a5d00f2eab2fcab5 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 20452322 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-022-23222-9 |
| Published in: | Scientific Reports |
| Language: | English |