Acute mental stress elicits delayed increases in circulating inflammatory cytokine levels

Clinical Science

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-192

  Steptoe, A ^a   Willemsen, G ^a   Owen, N ^a   Flower, L ^a   Mohamed Ali, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Cytokines; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FINGER; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034873925     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20010038     Document Type: Article

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