Myriam V. Thoma

TL;DR: Listening to music prior to a standardized stressor predominantly affected the autonomic nervous system, and to a lesser degree the endocrine and psychological stress response, which may help better understanding the beneficial effects of music on the human body.

TL;DR: Examination of relation between stress-induced sAA activity with NE and E by exposing a larger and less constrained sample to an effective stress protocol shows an association between stress responses of sAA and plasma NE, which is stronger than the association of norepinephrine and epinephrine responses, thus placing the predictive power of s AA well within the expected range for different SNS markers.

TL;DR: These findings suggest that different stress protocols differentially stimulate various aspects of the stress response, whereas Physically demanding stress protocols such as the Ergometer test appear to be particularly suitable for evoking autonomic stress responses, whereas uncontrollable and social-evaluative threatening stressors are most likely to elicit HPA axis stress responses.

TL;DR: It is suggested that self-compassion may serve as a protective factor against stress-induced inflammation and inflammation-related disease.

TL;DR: Symptoms of anxiety and depression among individuals without a psychiatric diagnosis are associated with blunted and exaggerated cortisol responses to and recovery from stress, which could indicate increased risk for unhealthy HPA axis dysregulation, allostatic load, and disease.