Forearm and calf blood flow in response to cortical arousal in normal male and female subjects

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-107

  Butt, Catherine ^a   Pathmadeva, Christine ^a   Spencer, Clare ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute emotional stress; Blood flow; Cortical arousal; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032850773     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02311767     Document Type: Article

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