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Frontal Regulation of Blood Glucose Levels as a Function of Hostility

Abstract

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From a neuropsychological perspective, hostile men have displayed dysregulation of right cerebral systems as evidenced through an exaggerated sympathetic stress response, with cardiovascular reactivity for blood pressure and heart rate. Altered right cerebral functioning, with hostility and anger, has been demonstrated within functional cerebral systems to include auditory (Demaree & Harrison, 1997), visual (Harrison & Gorelczenko, 1990; Herridge, Harrison, Mollet, & Shenal, 2003), somatosensory (Herridge, Harrison, & Demaree, 1997; Rhodes, Harrison, & Demaree, 2002), motor (Demaree, Higgins, Williamson, & Harrison, 2002) and premotor systems (Williamson & Harrison, 2003). Each of these studies has demonstrated cardiovascular reactivity (blood pressure and heart rates measures) concurrently with altered sensory or motor functional correlates of the right hemisphere. However, the neuropsychological mechanisms and functional regulation for the mobilization of glucose have not been examined.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Psychology
Department dc:contributor.department
Psychology
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2005

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Walters, Robert P.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Harrison, David W.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Crews, William David Jr.
  • Friedman, Bruce H.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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etd-10062005-151744
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35310

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citation

Walters, Robert P.. Frontal Regulation of Blood Glucose Levels as a Function of Hostility. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35310