Effects of naloxone on hemodynamic and sympathetic nerve responses to pain in normotensive vs. borderline hypertensive men

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-55

  Schobel, Hans P ^a,d   Handwerker, Hermann O ^a   Schmieder, Roland E ^a   Heusser, Karsten ^a   Dominiak, Peter ^b   Luft, Friedrich C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Endogenous opioids; Hypertension; Pain; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032478029     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(98)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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