Cardiovascular and endocrine responses to experimental stress: Effects of mental effort and controllability

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Peters, Madelon L ^a,d   Godaert, Guido L R ^a   Ballieux, Rudy E ^a   Van Vliet, Marja ^a   Willemsen, Jacques J ^b   Sweep, Fred C G J ^b   Heijnen, Cobi J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Control; Cortisol; Mental effort; Stress; Sympathetic reactivity

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MENTAL PROCESSES; NOISE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031800107     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00082-6     Document Type: Article

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