The response of circulating brain natriuretic peptide to academic stress in college students

Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Amir, Offer ^a   Sagiv, Moran ^b   Eynon, Nir ^b   Yamin, Chen ^b   Rogowski, Ori ^c   Gerzy, Yishay ^b   Amir, Ruthie E ^b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cortisol; Emotional stress; Heart; Hypothalamic pituitaryadrenocortical axis; Natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 75749126973     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890902818357     Document Type: Article

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