Responses to Laboratory Psychosocial Stress in Postpartum Women
Psychosomatic MedicinePublished 1 September 2001
Margaret Altemus, Laura Redwine, Yeung-Mei Leong, Cheryl A. Frye, Stephen W. Porges, C. Sue Carter
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Results indicate that physiological and subjective responses to social stress are not attenuated in lactating women tested at least one hour after feeding their infant, but enhanced vagal control of cardiac reactivity was observed in lactates women.
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These results indicate that physiological and subjective responses to social stress are not attenuated in lactating women tested at least one hour after feeding their infant. However, enhanced vagal control of cardiac reactivity was observed in lactating women. In addition, postpartum women who did not lactate showed evidence of increased sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic nervous system tone.
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