Neural and cardiovascular responses to emotional stress in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Carter, Jason R ^a   Durocher, John J ^a   Kern, Rosalie P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Mental arithmetic; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Negative pictures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EMOTIONS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749109019     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90646.2008     Document Type: Article

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