Attenuated adrenocortical and blood pressure responses to psychological stress in ad libitum and abstinent smokers

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 401-410

  Al'Absi, Mustafa ^a   Wittmers, Lorentz E ^a   Erickson, Jonathan ^a   Hatsukami, Dorothy ^b   Crouse, Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuated response; Psychological stress; Smokers

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COTININE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MONITOR; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SALIVA LEVEL; SMOKING CESSATION; SPEECH; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AFFECT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COTININE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0037211988     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)01011-0     Document Type: Article

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