Stressor-evoked Brain and Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Psychological Stress

Baylor University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Psychological Stress

Treatments: Other: Acute psychological stress

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05413512

K01HL145021 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1437575

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study will examine cardiovascular, metabolic, and neural responses to acute psychological stress using a cross-sectional approach.

Full description

All participants in this study will undergo an acute psychological stress paradigm, consisting of two acute psychological stress tasks (MSIT and Stoop). There is no formal randomization since al participants are randomized to undergo the acute psychological stress tasks.

Enrollment: 170 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-30 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic medical or neurological condition
• Pregnant
• Current illness or infection
• Any condition that would prohibit engaging in physical exercise
• Any metal implants in body
• Claustrophobia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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170 participants in 1 patient group

Acute psychological stress task (MSIT; Stroop)

Experimental group

Description:

Multi-source interference task (MSIT; Stroop)

Treatment:

Other: Acute psychological stress