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Frances M. Lusso
Researcher at Wake Forest University
Publications - 3
Citations - 578
Frances M. Lusso is an academic researcher from Wake Forest University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood lipids & Coronary artery disease. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 565 citations.
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Social status, environment, and atherosclerosis in cynomolgus monkeys.
TL;DR: The results suggest that social dominance (an Individual behavioral characteristic) Is associated with increased coronary artery atherosclerosis, but only under social conditions that provide recurrent threats to the status of dominant animals (I.e., under behavioral challenge).
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Social stress and atherosclerosis in normocholesterolemic monkeys
Jay R. Kaplan,Stephen B. Manuck,Thomas B. Clarkson,Frances M. Lusso,David M. Taub,Eric W. Miller +5 more
TL;DR: Socially stressed adult male cynomolgus monkeys fed a low fat, low cholesterol diet developed more extensive coronary artery atherosclerosis than unstressed controls, suggesting that psychosocial factors may influence atherogenesis in the absence of elevated serum lipids.