Sustained forearm vasodilation in humans during mental stress is not neurogenically mediated

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Lindqvist, M ^a   Davidsson, S ^a   Hjemdahl, P ^b   Melcher, A ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Axillary blockade; Noradrenaline; Psychological stress; Skeletal muscle; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029841615     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1996.529288000.x     Document Type: Article

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