Endogenous opioids inhibit ambulatory blood pressure during naturally occurring stress

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-231

  McCubbin, James A ^a,b   Bruehl, Stephen ^a   Wilson, John F ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey J ^a   Norton, Jane A ^a   Colclough, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Naltrexone; Opioids; Stress

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031924167     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199803000-00020     Document Type: Article

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