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BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINS OF HYPERTENSION
1994 · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 61; n. 2; p. 255-261; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 1994
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; v. 61; n. 2; p. 255-261; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JEAB; análise do comportamento
Autores
- David E. Anderson
Resumo
Hypertension is a disorder of sodium regulation that develops over time in a context of the interactions of the individual with the environment. Experimental hypertension can be induced in laboratory animals and normotensive humans via increases in sodium intake under conditions of aversive behavioral control. Readiness for avoidance contingencies includes a breathing pattern characterized by subnormal rate and normal tidal volume. Studies with humans have shown that this inhibitory breathing pattern is associated with increased plasma acidity, increased renal sodium reabsorption, increased secretion of digitalis‐like hormones that inhibit sodium‐pump activity, and increased vasoconstriction and blood pressure. Behavioral research is needed that defines the necessary and sufficient conditions for inhibitory breathing and its role in the development of hypertension.