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| Authors: | Warren J. Gadpaille M.D. John Money Ph.D. |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Counseling &2. Guidance , University of Northern Colorado , Greeley, Colorado;3. Professor of Medical Psychology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics , Johns Hopkins University and Hospital , Baltimore, Maryland, 21205 |
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| Abstract: | Blood volume pulse (BVP) recordings were obtained from a 47‐year‐old hysterectomized woman prior to, during, and following a hot flash (HP). She displayed a relatively smaller BVP 120 seconds prior to the HF, as compared to a marked BVP increase during the HF. The woman's report of subjective “warmth” and observed perspiration 120 seconds prior to the HF appeared to correspond to a period of peripheral vasoconstriction. It was theorized that HF is associated with sympathetically mediated peripheral constriction in anticipation of the HF and may be exacerbated by the person's anticipatory fear that a HF is soon to occur. Learning principles may be relevant for considering both the development and partial relief of intense and frequent HF in hysterectomized women. |
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