Forearm sympathetic withdrawal and vasodilatation during mental stress in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 211-220

  Halliwill, John R ^a   Lawler, Lori A ^a   Eickhoff, Tamara J ^a   Dietz, Niki M ^a   Nauss, Lee A ^a   Joyner, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; VASODILATATION; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOREARM; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VASODILATION;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

EID: 0030678576     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.211bf.x     Document Type: Article

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