The role of cardiopulmonary baroreceptors during the forearm vasodilatation response to mental stress

Psychophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-253

  Hamer, Mark ^a,c   Boutcher, Yati N ^b   Boutcher, Stephen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary baroreceptors; Cold pressor; Mental challenge; Sympathetic withdrawal; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; LUNG; MALE; PRESSORECEPTORS; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 0037343193     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.00026     Document Type: Article

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