Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-6bf8c574d5-956mj Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-23T15:38:37.442Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Chapter 6 - The Brain, Heart and Human Behaviour

from Section 1 - Generic Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

By
Leroy C. Edozien
Edited by
Leroy C. Edozien  and
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
Leroy C. Edozien
Affiliation:
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
Affiliation:
Keele University School of Medicine
Get access

Summary

A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Chapter
Information
Biopsychosocial Factors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology , pp. 41 - 46
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Diamond, A. Executive functions. Annu Rev Psychol. 2013;64:135–68. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143750.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Strathearn, L. Maternal neglect: Oxytocin, dopamine and the neurobiology of attachment. J Neuroendocrinol. 2011;23(11):1054–65. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02228.x.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
van Anders, SM, Hamilton, LD, Schmidt, N, Watson, NV. Associations between testosterone secretion and sexual activity in women. Horm Behav 2007;51(4):477–82.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Light, KC, Grewen, KM, Amico, JA. More frequent partner hugs and higher oxytocin levels are linked to lower blood pressure and heart rate in premenopausal women. Biol Psychol. 2005;69(1):5–21.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ryan, J, Scali, J, Carrière, I, Amieva, H, Rouaud, O, Berr, C, Ritchie, K, Ancelin, ML. Impact of a premature menopause on cognitive function in later life. BJOG. 2014;121(13):1729–39.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lee, HJ, Macbeth, AH, Pagani, JH, Young, WS. Oxytocin: The great facilitator of life. Progress in Neurobiology. 2009;88(2):127–51. doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.04.001.Google ScholarPubMed
Yang, HP, Wang, L, Han, L, Wang, SC. Nonsocial functions of hypothalamic oxytocin. ISRN Neurosci. 2013;2013:179272. doi: 10.1155/2013/179272.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Haas, BW, Filkowski, MM, Cochran, RN, Denison, L, Ishak, A, Nishitani, S, Smith, AK. Epigenetic modification of OXT and human sociability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016;113(27):E3816–23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1602809113.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Grassi, G, Quarti-Trevano, F, Seravalle, G, Dell’Oro, R. Cardiovascular risk and adrenergic overdrive in the metabolic syndrome. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2007;17(6):473–81.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Shaffer, F, McCraty, R, Zerr, CL. A healthy heart is not a metronome: an integrative review of the heart’s anatomy and heart rate variability. Front Psychol. 2014;5:1040. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01040.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Thayer, JF, Ahs, F, Fredrikson, M, Sollers, JJ 3rd, Wager, TD. A meta-analysis of heart rate variability and neuroimaging studies: Implications for heart rate variability as a marker of stress and health. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012;36(2):747–56. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.11.009.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jarczok, MN, Jarczok, M, Mauss, D, Koenig, J, Li, J, Herr, RM, Thayer, JF. Autonomic nervous system activity and workplace stressors – a systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013;37(8):1810–23. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.07.004.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Routledge, FS, Campbell, TS, McFetridge-Durdle, JA, Bacon, SL. Improvements in heart rate variability with exercise therapy. Can J Cardiol. 2010;26(6):303–12.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Thayer, JF, Brosschot, JF. Psychosomatics and psychopathology: Looking up and down from the brain. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2005;30:1050–58.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Thayer, JF, Lane, RD. Claude Bernard and the heart-brain connection: Further elaboration of a model of neurovisceral integration. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2009;33(2):81–88. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.08.004.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Servan-Schreiber, D. Healing without Freud or Prozac. London: Rodale International 2005.Google Scholar
Pereira, VH, Cerqueira, JJ, Palha, JA, Sousa, N. Stressed brain, diseased heart: A review on the pathophysiologic mechanisms of neurocardiology. Int J Cardiol. 2013;166(1):30–37. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.165.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rozanski, A. Behavioral cardiology: Current advances and future directions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64(1):100–10. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.03.047.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Neumann, CG, Murphy, SP, Gewa, C, Grillenberger, M, Bwibo, NO. Meat supplementation improves growth, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes in Kenyan children. J Nutr. 2007;137(4):1119–23.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gupta, S. Brain food: Clever eating. Nature. 2016;531(7592):S12–3. doi: 10.1038/531S12a.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Raine, A, Portnoy, J, Liu, J, Mahoomed, T, Hibbeln, JR. Reduction in behavior problems with omega-3 supplementation in children aged 8–16 years: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, stratified, parallel-group trial. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2015;56(5):509–20. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12314.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rucklidge, JJ, Kaplan, BJ. Broad-spectrum micronutrient formulas for the treatment of psychiatric symptoms: A systematic review. Expert Rev Neurother. 2013;13(1):49–73. doi: 10.1586/ern.12.143.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Tammam, JD, Steinsaltz, D, Bester, DW, Semb-Andenaes, T, Stein, JF. A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial investigating the behavioural effects of vitamin, mineral and n-3 fatty acid supplementation in typically developing adolescent schoolchildren. Br J Nutr. 2016;115(2):361–73. doi: 10.1017/S0007114515004390.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Carney, RM, Freedland, KE, Stein, PK, Steinmeyer, BC, Harris, WS, Rubin, EH, Krone, RJ, Rich, MW. Effect of omega-3 fatty acids on heart rate variability in depressed patients with coronary heart disease. Psychosom Med. 2010;72(8):748–54. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181eff148.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lozoff, B, Georgieff, MK. Iron deficiency and brain development. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2006;13:158–65.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Georgieff, MK. Long-term brain and behavioral consequences of early iron deficiency. Nutr Rev. 2011;69(Suppl 1):S43–8. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00432.x.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Peirano, PD, Algarín, CR, Chamorro, RA, Reyes, SC, Durán, SA, Garrido, MI, Lozoff, B. Sleep alterations and iron deficiency anemia in infancy. Sleep Med. 2010;11(7):637–42. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.03.014.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Why should we consider a life course approach to women’s health care? Scientific Impact Paper No. 27. August 2011.Google Scholar

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×