Cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress is not affected by alpha2-adrenoreceptor activation or inhibition

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-188

  Philippsen, Christine ^a   Hahn, Melanie ^a   Schwabe, Lars ^a   Richter, Steffen ^a   Drewe, Jürgen ^b   Schachinger, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha2 adrenoreceptors; Cardiovascular reactivity; Mental stress; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; PLACEBO; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SERIAL LEARNING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 33845751931     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0597-7     Document Type: Article

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