Neurotransmitter Systems and Personality Measurements:A Study in Psychosomatic Patients and Healthy Subjects

Arqué, Josep M.; Unzeta, Mercedes; Torrubia, Rafael

doi:10.1159/000118452

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“…Noradrenergic neurons stimulate TSH release. A negative relationship between sensation seekingand measures of noradrenergic turnover has been described [25,[27][28][29]. Similar results have been found by Schallinget al [30] using the Monot ony Avoidance Scale, which bears a close resemblance to sensation seeking.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Also expected were the correlations observed between the anxiety scales. The relationships between sensation-seeking and anxiety measures in corre lational analysis show the existence of orthogonality be tween these dimensions as found in other studies [24,25], Although a significant relationship among the endocri nological variables studied might be expected, the lack of significant relationships is not a new finding [ 18. 26].…”

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confidence: 71%

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Thyroid Hormone Correlates of Sensation Seeking and Anxiety in Healthy Human Females

Balada¹,

Torrubia²,

Arqué

1992

Neuropsychobiology

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The present study explores the relationships among a number of personality measures (the Sensation-Seeking Scale, SSS; the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Susceptibility to Punishment Scale) and some parameters of the pituitary-thyroid axis. The study was carried out on a group of 37 physically and mentally fit female volunteers, none of whom had a personal history of psychiatric or endocrinologic illness. The subjects were controlled for the menstrual cycle. The most relevant result was a significant negative relationship between the SSS score and plasma basal levels of thyroxine (T₄) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Interaction between T₄ and TSH levels with trait anxiety was also observed.

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confidence: 71%

Thyroid Hormone Correlates of Sensation Seeking and Anxiety in Healthy Human Females

Balada¹,

Torrubia²,

Arqué

1992

Neuropsychobiology

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“…Gerra et al’s (1999) study of healthy adults demonstrated a positive association between NE concentration and sensation seeking on Zuckerman et al’s (1964) scale, whereas similar studies of clinical populations reported negative correlations (Ballenger et al, 1983; Arque et al, 1988; Zuckerman, 1994). Studies of tonic endocrine levels in pathological gamblers also obtained mixed results (Ramirez et al, 1988; Roy et al, 1988; Schmitt et al, 1998).…”

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To Take Risk is to Face Loss: A Tonic Pupillometry Study

Yechiam¹,

Telpaz²

2011

Front. Psychology

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The construct of risk taking is studied through the prism of the relation between tonic arousal and risk taking behavior. Several theories have proposed that high aroused individuals tend to exhibit risk aversion. We posit that this arousal–behavior association is activated much more strongly in risks with losses, as losses increase arousal and trigger relevant traits associated with the sensitivity to risk. In three studies we examined risk taking in experience-based decision tasks, with either token losses or relative-losses (in the gain domain). In Study 1 we found a negative correlation between pre-task pupil diameter and risk taking in the loss domain but not in the gain domain. In Study 2 we re-analyzed a previous pupillometry dataset involving symmetric mixed gains and losses. We found that the negative correlation in this mixed condition emerged even while the participants did not show loss aversion. This finding was replicated in Study 3. Thus, the effect of losses on arousal provides sufficient conditions for the moderation of the tonic arousal–behavior association. The findings suggest an important role for losses in the psychological and physiological experience of risk.

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“…For example, high sensation seekers based on the Zuckerman scale have been shown to have low MAO activity in blood platelets [111,112]. While these results suggest that the activity of monoamine brain systems may differ between high and low sensation seekers, this conclusion is speculative because platelet MAO activity is not a reliable index of MAO activity in the brain [113].…”

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The Sensation Seeking Trait and Substance Use: Research Findings and Clinical Implications

Bardo¹,

Williams²,

Dwoskin³

et al. 2007

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Sensation seeking (SS) is a personality trait defined by a need to seek novel sensations and experiences, accompanied by a willingness to take risks for the sake of such experiences. Various measures of SS have been developed and validated, including a scale specifically for children. Among different populations, SS has been associated with the expression of various health-related risk behaviors, most notably substance use and abuse. Evidence from basic research with laboratory animals and from human clinical studies indicates that high sensation seekers may have an overactive mesocorticolimbic dopamine system relative to low sensation seekers. While the precise molecular mechanisms underlying SS remain to be elucidated, evidence suggests that low levels of monoamine oxidase activity, as well as altered dopamine receptor and dopamine transporter expression and function may play a role. Since altered monoamine function has been implicated in various psychiatric disorders, and since SS has been associated with some of these disorders, clinicians may find that SS offers a useful adjunct in promoting effective patient care and improving patient counseling. This may be especially useful in treating children, adolescents and young adults, as the risk for substance use and abuse is an especially relevant concern during this developmental period.

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Neurotransmitter Systems and Personality Measurements:A Study in Psychosomatic Patients and Healthy Subjects

Cited by 13 publications

References 20 publications

Thyroid Hormone Correlates of Sensation Seeking and Anxiety in Healthy Human Females

Thyroid Hormone Correlates of Sensation Seeking and Anxiety in Healthy Human Females

To Take Risk is to Face Loss: A Tonic Pupillometry Study

The Sensation Seeking Trait and Substance Use: Research Findings and Clinical Implications

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