ABNORMAL EXTRACRANIAL VASOMOTOR RESPONSE IN MIGRAINE SUFFERERS TO REAL-LIFE STRESS

Citation
J. Passchier et al., ABNORMAL EXTRACRANIAL VASOMOTOR RESPONSE IN MIGRAINE SUFFERERS TO REAL-LIFE STRESS, Journal of psychosomatic research, 37(4), 1993, pp. 405-414
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
ISSN journal
00223999
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
405 - 414
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3999(1993)37:4<405:AEVRIM>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Temporal and digital pulse amplitudes, forehead temperature, heart rat e, respiration rate and electrodermal activity of 37 migraine patients and 37 matched controls from a population of psychology students were recorded during three experimental sessions: adaptation, real-life st ress (an examination) and experimental stress (an IQ test). Migraine s ufferers showed significantly smaller pulse amplitudes of the temporal artery during the examination than the control group. No group differ ences were present in the other physiological measures. The findings a re interpreted as indirect evidence for the symptom specificity hypoth esis, which states that individuals with specific psychosomatic compla ints display abnormal responses to stress in the relevant physiologica l system.