Karen Grewen

Summary

Affiliation: University of North Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Relationship quality: effects on ambulatory blood pressure and negative affect in a biracial sample of men and women
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Blood Press Monit 10:117-24. 2005
  2. ncbi An investigation of plasma and salivary oxytocin responses in breast- and formula-feeding mothers of infants
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Psychophysiology 47:625-32. 2010
  3. ncbi Ethnicity is associated with alterations in oxytocin relationships to pain sensitivity in women
    Karen M Grewen
    Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Ethn Health 13:219-41. 2008
  4. ncbi Effects of partner support on resting oxytocin, cortisol, norepinephrine, and blood pressure before and after warm partner contact
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    Psychosom Med 67:531-8. 2005
  5. ncbi Plasma oxytocin is related to lower cardiovascular and sympathetic reactivity to stress
    Karen M Grewen
    University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, CB 7175, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7175, USA
    Biol Psychol 87:340-9. 2011
  6. ncbi Warm partner contact is related to lower cardiovascular reactivity
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7175, USA
    Behav Med 29:123-30. 2003
  7. ncbi Depressive symptoms are related to higher ambulatory blood pressure in people with a family history of hypertension
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Psychosom Med 66:9-16. 2004
  8. ncbi Postprandial ghrelin is elevated in black compared with white women
    Kimberly A Brownley
    Department of Psychiatry, CB 7175, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:4457-63. 2004
  9. ncbi Transdermal versus oral estrogen therapy in postmenopausal smokers: hemodynamic and endothelial effects
    Susan S Girdler
    Departments of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 103:169-80. 2004
  10. ncbi Dietary sodium restriction alters postprandial ghrelin: implications for race differences in obesity
    Kimberly A Brownley
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599 7175, USA
    Ethn Dis 16:844-51. 2006

Research Grants

  1. Prenatal Cocaine, Smoking And Oxytocin In Humans
    Karen Grewen; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Relationship quality: effects on ambulatory blood pressure and negative affect in a biracial sample of men and women
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Blood Press Monit 10:117-24. 2005
    ..Prospective studies link marriage to better cardiovascular health, but marital dissatisfaction and discord predict increased rates of hypertension, higher blood pressure (BP), greater reactivity to stress, and left ventricular mass...
  2. ncbi An investigation of plasma and salivary oxytocin responses in breast- and formula-feeding mothers of infants
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Psychophysiology 47:625-32. 2010
    ..59, p=.022) and Post-Stress Recovery (r=+.59, p=.025). These data suggest that salivary OT assay is feasible, and will be of value where plasma samples are not possible. Validation with larger samples is needed...
  3. ncbi Ethnicity is associated with alterations in oxytocin relationships to pain sensitivity in women
    Karen M Grewen
    Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Ethn Health 13:219-41. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Effects of partner support on resting oxytocin, cortisol, norepinephrine, and blood pressure before and after warm partner contact
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    Psychosom Med 67:531-8. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Plasma oxytocin is related to lower cardiovascular and sympathetic reactivity to stress
    Karen M Grewen
    University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, CB 7175, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7175, USA
    Biol Psychol 87:340-9. 2011
    ..These data support a cardioprotective role for OT, which may influence the magnitude and hemodynamic determinants of cardiovascular stress responses...
  6. ncbi Warm partner contact is related to lower cardiovascular reactivity
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7175, USA
    Behav Med 29:123-30. 2003
    ..These findings suggest that affectionate relationships with a supportive partner may contribute to lower reactivity to stressful life events and may partially mediate the benefit of marital support on better cardiovascular health...
  7. ncbi Depressive symptoms are related to higher ambulatory blood pressure in people with a family history of hypertension
    Karen M Grewen
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Psychosom Med 66:9-16. 2004
    ..We investigated whether parental history of hypertension (FH+) enhances the impact of depressed mood, indexed by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), on ambulatory blood pressure (ABP)...
  8. ncbi Postprandial ghrelin is elevated in black compared with white women
    Kimberly A Brownley
    Department of Psychiatry, CB 7175, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:4457-63. 2004
    ..These findings suggest subnormal postprandial ghrelin suppression (or faster ghrelin rebound) in black women, especially the obese, that might play a role in their increased prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular disorders...
  9. ncbi Transdermal versus oral estrogen therapy in postmenopausal smokers: hemodynamic and endothelial effects
    Susan S Girdler
    Departments of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7175, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 103:169-80. 2004
    ....
  10. ncbi Dietary sodium restriction alters postprandial ghrelin: implications for race differences in obesity
    Kimberly A Brownley
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599 7175, USA
    Ethn Dis 16:844-51. 2006
    ..To examine the effect of sodium restriction on the appetite-stimulating hormone, ghrelin, as a function of race, salt sensitivity, and obesity...
  11. ncbi Cardiovascular effects of 6 months of hormone replacement therapy versus placebo: differences associated with years since menopause
    Kimberly A Brownley
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599 7175, USA
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 190:1052-8. 2004
    ....
  12. ncbi Oxytocinergic activity is linked to lower blood pressure and vascular resistance during stress in postmenopausal women on estrogen replacement
    Kathleen C Light
    School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7175, USA
    Horm Behav 47:540-8. 2005
    ..The findings suggest that enhanced oxytocinergic activity may contribute to BP decreases associated with ERT in more responsive postmenopausal women...
  13. ncbi Deficits in plasma oxytocin responses and increased negative affect, stress, and blood pressure in mothers with cocaine exposure during pregnancy
    Kathleen C Light
    Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, CB 7175 Medical Building A, Chapel Hill 27599 7175, USA
    Addict Behav 29:1541-64. 2004
    ..Although they tended to hold their babies less often at home, baby holding in the laboratory led to decreased BP in cocaine mothers who then did not differ from no-drug mothers in BP or observed affect...
  14. ncbi More frequent partner hugs and higher oxytocin levels are linked to lower blood pressure and heart rate in premenopausal women
    Kathleen C Light
    Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, CB 7175 Medical Building A, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7175, USA
    Biol Psychol 69:5-21. 2005
    ....
  15. ncbi Duration of lactation and incidence of maternal hypertension: a longitudinal cohort study
    Alison M Stuebe
    Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 174:1147-58. 2011
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  16. ncbi Temporomandibular disorder and optimism: relationships to ischemic pain sensitivity and interleukin-6
    Nancy L Costello
    Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Medical Research Building A, University of North Carolina, CB #7175, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7455, USA
    Pain 100:99-110. 2002
    ..Less optimistic TMD patients also had higher NE and IL-6 levels during stress than other TMD patients, while optimism was unrelated to responses in controls (*P<0.05)...
  17. ncbi Association between maternal mood and oxytocin response to breastfeeding
    Alison M Stuebe
    1 Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 22:352-61. 2013
    ..Conclusion: Symptoms of depression and anxiety were associated with differences in oxytocin response and affect during breastfeeding...
  18. ncbi Failed lactation and perinatal depression: common problems with shared neuroendocrine mechanisms?
    Alison M Stuebe
    Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:264-72. 2012
    ..Research to elucidate the role of these underlying mechanisms may identify treatment strategies both to relieve perinatal depression and to enable women to achieve their infant feeding goals...

Research Grants2

  1. Prenatal Cocaine, Smoking And Oxytocin In Humans
    Karen Grewen; Fiscal Year: 2007
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