Objective: We developed a protocol for inducing moderate psychologic stress in a functional
imaging setting and evaluated the effects of stress on physiology and brain activation …

Recent neuroimaging studies investigating neural correlates of psychological stress employ
cognitive paradigms that induce a significant hormonal stress response in the scanner. The …

Processing of acute stress has potential implications for mental and physical health. At the
same time, individuals differ largely in how strongly they react to stress. Neuroimaging …

Objective: Recent neuroimaging studies aimed at investigating effects of psychological
stress on the neural activity have used a range of experimental paradigms to elicit an acute …

BACKGROUND: Stress-induced metabolic changes can have detrimental health effects.
Newly developed paradigms to investigate stress in neuroimaging environments allow the …

Psychosocial stress is an omnipresent phenomenon whose neural correlates in humans are
still poorly understood. Several paradigms have been developed to induce acute stress in …

Subjects participating in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations regularly report
anxiety and stress related reactions. This may result in impaired data quality and premature …

Despite the prevalence of stress in everyday life and its impact on happiness, health, and
cognition, little is known about the neural substrate of the experience of everyday stress in …

The study of the stress response has been of great interest in the last decades due to its
relationship to physical and mental health. Along with the technological progress in the …

Difficulties in the experiences and regulation of emotional stress have been associated with
the development of psychiatric and substance use disorders. This study examined neural …