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...trying to understand how psychological stress causes death from a heart attack, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) are studying the physiological reactions of pigs to non-painful stress...
...research can be categorized as neurophysiology or biopsychology," said Debra A. Kirby, lecturer in physiology at the SPH, "as it combines both the psychological component and the biological component [of the body system...
According to Kirby--who heads the cardiovascular laboratory at the SPH--arrhythmia sometimes results from stress. How the abnormal response of the heart is started is not understood by researchers yet, she said...
Another important aspect of the research done by the SPH team is that they "study only non-painful types of stress," Kirby said. "This is because people who are under stress are usually frustrated, not in pain. We try to model this as best as we can in animals...
...research is funded by the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation, a non-profit private organization founded by Bernard Lown, professor of cardiology in nutrition at the SPH, said Arlene Fortunato, director of the foundation...