2006
Romantic Love and Sexual Desire in Close Relationships
Gonzaga G, Turner R, Keltner D, Campos B, Altemus M. Romantic Love and Sexual Desire in Close Relationships. Emotion 2006, 6: 163-179. PMID: 16768550, DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.2.163.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Responses to Laboratory Psychosocial Stress in Postpartum Women
Altemus M, Redwine L, Leong Y, Frye C, Porges S, Carter C. Responses to Laboratory Psychosocial Stress in Postpartum Women. Psychosomatic Medicine 2001, 63: 814-821. PMID: 11573030, DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200109000-00015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic blood pressureBlood pressurePostpartum womenCardiac vagal toneHeart rateNonlactating womenVagal controlVagal toneParasympathetic nervous system toneHigher systolic blood pressurePsychological stressDiastolic blood pressureEarly follicular phaseHealthy control womenAutonomic nervous systemTrier Social Stress TestAllopregnanolone levelsControl womenAdrenal axisLower cardiac vagal toneFollicular phaseControl subjectsMenstrual cycleSocial Stress TestEffect of lactation
1994
Eating behavior in bulimia nervosa: multiple meal analyses
Hetherington M, Altemus M, Nelson M, Bernat A, Gold P. Eating behavior in bulimia nervosa: multiple meal analyses. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 1994, 60: 864-873. PMID: 7985626, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/60.6.864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsControl subjectsBulimic patientsWeight-matched control subjectsTotal daily energy intakeDaily energy intakeImprovement of moodFrequency of bingeRatings of appetiteChaotic eating patternsFluid intakeInpatient unitEating patternsBulimia nervosaEnergy intakePatientsConsecutive daysBulimic individualsIntakeBingeSubjectsMacronutrient analysisMoodMeal analysis