Sympathetic neural responses to mental stress: Responders, nonresponders and sex differences

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Carter, Jason R ^a   Ray, Chester A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular control; Mental arithmetic; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; INNERVATION; LEG; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERONEUS NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCEPTION; PERONEAL NERVE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049106012     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01234.2008     Document Type: Article

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