Sex differences in brain activation patterns with mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease

Sex differences in brain activation patterns with mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease

Abstract Background Stress is an important contributor to myocardial ischemia and the progression of coronary artery disease (CAD), and women are more susceptible than men to these effects. Little is known, however, about the neural basis of these sex differences. Methods We investigated sex differe...

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Main Authors: Nicole Kasher, Matthew T. Wittbrodt, Zuhayr S. Alam, Bruno B. Lima, Jonathon A. Nye, Carolina Campanella, Stacy Ladd, Muhammad Hammadah, Amit J. Shah, Paolo Raggi, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Viola Vaccarino, J. Douglas Bremner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13293-019-0248-4

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