Relaxation training and opioid inhibition of blood pressure response to stress

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 593-601

  McCubbin, James A ^a   Wilson, John F ^a   Carlson, Charles R ^b   Bruehl, Stephen ^b   Ibarra, Paloma ^a   Norton, Jane A ^a   Colclough, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RELAXATION TRAINING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0029946550     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.64.3.593     Document Type: Article

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