Autonomic Responses to Psychological Stress: The Influence of Menopausal Status

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-138

  Farag, Noha H ^a   Bardwell, Wayne A ^a   Nelesen, Richard A ^a   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a   Mills, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REST; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0142027725     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324796ABM2602_05     Document Type: Article

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