Reduced vagal activity in salt-sensitive subjects during mental challenge

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 531-536

  Buchholz, Konrad ^a,d   Schächinger, Hartmut ^b   Wagner, Miriam ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^c   Deter, Hans Christian ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate variability; Mental stress; Sodium dependent hypertension; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANOMETER; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TIME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0037898398     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(03)00905-1     Document Type: Article

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