Social Regulation of the Neural Threat Response Predicts Subsequent Markers of Physical Health.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Social support has been linked to a vast range of beneficial health outcomes. However, the physiological mechanisms of social support are not well characterized. Drawing on functional magnetic resonance imaging and health-related outcome data, this study aimed to understand how neural measures of "yielding"-the reduction of brain activity during social support-moderate the link between social support and health.

Methods

We used a data set where 78 participants around the age of 24 years were exposed to the threat of shock when holding the hand of a partner. At ages 28 to 30 years, participants returned for a health visit where inflammatory activity and heart rate variability were recorded.

Results

Findings showed a significant interaction between dorsal ante

SUBMITTER: Lin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10837312 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature