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Overview

William R. Lovallo is affiliated with the Veterans Health Administration in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting fields including neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with a notable focus on clinical psychology and behavioral neuroscience. The scientist's work also touches on pediatrics, perinatology, child health, cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, and neurology.

Their research addresses several key topics, such as:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Recent publications by William R. Lovallo include the following studies:

  • "Neurobiological mechanisms of early life adversity, blunted stress reactivity and risk for addiction", 2021, published in Neuropharmacology
  • "Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity and Health: Recent Questions and Future Directions", 2021, published in Psychosomatic Medicine
  • "Baseline associations between biomarkers, cognitive function, and self-regulation indices in the Cognitive and Self-regulatory Mechanisms of Obesity Study", 2021, published in Obesity Science & Practice
  • "Early life adversity and increased antisocial and depressive tendencies in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders: Findings from the Family Health Patterns project", 2021, published in Addictive Behaviors Reports
  • "Increased white blood cell in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders", 2024, published in Addiction Biology

William R. Lovallo has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Annie T. Ginty, Andrea S. Vincent, Ashley Acheson, Mustafa Al'Absi, and Anna C. Whittaker.

The scientist's publications are found predominantly in the following venues:

  • Neuropharmacology
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Addiction Biology
  • Obesity Science & Practice
  • Addictive Behaviors Reports

Best Publications

  • Methodological Guidelines for Impedance Cardiography

    Andrew Sherwood;Michael T. Allen;Jochen Fahrenberg;Robert M. Kelsey

  • Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions

    William R. Lovallo

  • Enhanced memory for emotional material following stress-level cortisol treatment in humans

    Tony W Buchanan;William R Lovallo

  • Cardiovascular and neuroendocrine adjustment to public speaking and mental arithmetic stressors

    Mustafa Al'absi;Stephan Bongard;Tony Buchanan;Gwendolyn A. Pincomb

  • The cold pressor test and autonomic function: a review and integration.

    William Lovallo

  • Psychophysiological reactivity: mechanisms and pathways to cardiovascular disease.

    William R. Lovallo;William Gerin

  • Cardiovascular differentiation of emotions.

    R Sinha;W R Lovallo;O A Parsons

  • Stress hormones in psychophysiological research: Emotional, behavioral, and cognitive implications.

    William R. Lovallo;Tony W. Buchanan

  • Early life adversity reduces stress reactivity and enhances impulsive behavior: implications for health behaviors.

    William R. Lovallo

  • Metaanalytic connectivity modeling: delineating the functional connectivity of the human amygdala.

    Jennifer L. Robinson;Jennifer L. Robinson;Jennifer L. Robinson;Angela R. Laird;David C. Glahn;David C. Glahn;William R. Lovallo

  • Cardiovascular reactivity to psychological challenge: conceptual and measurement considerations.

    Thomas W. Kamarck;William R. Lovallo

  • Blunted stress cortisol response in abstinent alcoholic and polysubstance-abusing men.

    William R. Lovallo;Stacey L. Dickensheets;Dean A. Myers;Terrie L. Thomas

  • Bridging psychology and biology. The analysis of individuals in groups.

    Stephen M. Kosslyn;John T. Cacioppo;Richard J. Davidson;Kenneth Hugdahl

  • Cortisol secretion patterns in addiction and addiction risk.

    William R. Lovallo

  • Lifetime adversity leads to blunted stress axis reactivity: studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project.

    William R. Lovallo;William R. Lovallo;Noha H. Farag;Kristen H. Sorocco;Kristen H. Sorocco;Andrew J. Cohoon;Andrew J. Cohoon

  • The functional connectivity of the human caudate: an application of meta-analytic connectivity modeling with behavioral filtering.

    Jennifer L. Robinson;Angela R. Laird;David C. Glahn;John Blangero

  • Cortisol responses to mental stress, exercise, and meals following caffeine intake in men and women

    William R. Lovallo;Noha H. Farag;Andrea S. Vincent;Terrie L. Thomas

  • Cortisol fluctuates with increases and decreases in negative affect

    Tony W Buchanan;Mustafa al'Absi;William R Lovallo

  • The behavioural, cognitive, and neural corollaries of blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress.

    Douglas Carroll;Annie T Ginty;Anna C Whittaker;William R Lovallo

  • Do low levels of stress reactivity signal poor states of health

    William R. Lovallo

  • Cardiovascular Effects of Caffeine in Men and Women

    Terry R Hartley;William R Lovallo;Thomas L Whitsett

Frequent Co-Authors

Mustafa al'Absi
Mustafa al'Absi University of Minnesota
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Peter T. Fox
Peter T. Fox The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Andrea C. King
Andrea C. King University of Chicago
Oscar A. Parsons
Oscar A. Parsons University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Tony W. Buchanan
Tony W. Buchanan Saint Louis University
David Goldman
David Goldman National Institutes of Health
Jennifer L. Robinson
Jennifer L. Robinson Auburn University
Lyle E. Bourne
Lyle E. Bourne University of Colorado Boulder
Sara Jo Nixon
Sara Jo Nixon University of Florida

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