Hypnotic modulation of flow-mediated endothelial response to mental stress

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis,  Apr 2005  

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Jambrik Z., Sebastiani L., Picano E., Ghelarducci B., & Santarcangelo, E.L. (2005). Hypnotic modulation of flow-mediated endothelial response to mental stress. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 55(2):221-7. Post-ischemic flow mediated dilation of peripheral arteries (FMD) is transiently reduced during mental stress.

This experiment was aimed at assessing whether hypnosis, which is a powerful relaxation technique, modulated the FMD response to mental stress in subjects with different hypnotic susceptibility. Results showed that hypnotic relaxation prevented the expected stress-related reduction of FMD only in highly hypnotizable subjects, suggesting a protective role of hypnotizability against vascular damage.

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