West Lab Publications

1. Stoney CM, West SG, Hughes J, Falko J, Bausserman L, Lentino LM, & Finney M.  (In Press).  Acute psychological stress reduces plasma triglyceride clearance.  Psychophysiology.

2. Stoney CM, Hughes JW, Kuntz KK, West SG, Thornton LM.  (In Press).  Cardiovascular stress responses among Asian Indian and Caucasian women and men.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

3. West SG. (2001).  Effects of diet on vascular reactivity:  An emerging marker of vascular risk.  Current Atheroschlerosis Reports,  3:  446-455.  (Invited Review).

4. West SG, Stoney CM, Hughes JW, Matacin M, Emmons KM.  (2001).  Oral contraceptive use is associated with increased cardiovascular reactivity in nonsmokers.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine,  23 (3):  149-157.

5. West SG, Hinderliter AL, Wells EC, Girdler SS, and Light KC.  (2001).  Transdermal estrogen reduces vascular resistance and serum cholesterol in postmenopausal women.  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 184:  926-933.

6. Light KC, Hinderliter A, West SG, Grewen KM, Steege J, Sherwood A, Girdler SS.  (2001).  Hormone replacement improves hemodynamic profile and left ventricular geometry in hypertensive and normotensive postmenopausal women.  Journal of Hypertension, 19 (2):  269-278.  

7. Meyer W, Costello N, Straneva P, West SG, Copeland K, Girdler S.  (2001). The effect of low dose estrogen on hemodynamic responses to stress.  Fertility and Sterility, 75 (2):  394-399. 

8. Girdler SS, Hinderliter AL, West SG, Grewen KM, Steege J, Light KC.  (2000). Postmenopausal smokers show reduced hemodynamic benefit from oral hormone replacement.  American Journal of Cardiology, 86 (5): 590-592.

9. Grewen K, Girdler SS, West SG, Bragdon E, Costello N, Light KC.  (2000). Stable pessimistic attributions interact with socioeconomic status to influence blood pressure and vulnerability to hypertension.  Journal of Women’s Health & Gender-Based Medicine, 9:  905-915.

10. West SG, Light KC, Hinderliter AL, Stanwyck CL, Bragdon EE, Brownley KB.  (1999). Potassium supplementation induces beneficial cardiovascular changes during rest and stress in salt sensitive individuals.  Health Psychology, 18: 229-240.
    

11. Light KC, Girdler SS, Sherwood A, Bragdon EE, Brownley KA, West SG, Hinderliter AL.  (1999).  High stress responsivity predicts later blood pressure only in combination with positive family history and high life stress.  Hypertension, 33:  1458-1464.

12. Light KC, Girdler SS, West SG and Brownley KB.  (1998).  Blood pressure response to laboratory. challenges and occupational stress in women.  Women, Stress and Heart Disease.  K. Orth-Gomer, MA Chesney and N Wenger (Eds.) Hillsdale, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.   
    

13. West SG, Brownley KA, Hinderliter AL, and Light KC.  (1998).  Postexercise vasodilatation reduces blood pressure responses to stress.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 20 (2):  77-83.
    

14. Sherwood A, Girdler SS, Bragdon EE, West SG, Brownley KB, Hinderliter AL and Light KC.  (1997).  Ten-year stability of cardiovascular responses to laboratory stressors.  Psychophysiology, 34:  185-191.  

15. Stoney CM and West SG.  (1997).  Lipids, Personality, and Stress:  Mechanisms and Modulators.  Lipids and Human Behavior.  Marc Hillbrand and Reuben T. Spitz (Eds.). Washington: American Psychological Association, 47-66.  
    

16. Brownley KA, West SG, Hinderliter AL, Light KC.  (1996).  Acute aerobic exercise reduces ambulatory blood pressure in borderline hypertensive men and women.  American Journal of Hypertension, 9 (3): 200-206.