Metabolically exaggerated cardiac reactions to acute psychological stress: The effects of resting blood pressure status and possible underlying mechanisms

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-111

  Balanos, George M ^a   Phillips, Anna C ^a   Frenneaux, Michael P ^b   McIntyre, David ^a   Lykidis, Christos ^a   Griffin, Harry S ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additional cardiac output; Blood pressure; Exercise; Heart rate variability; Psychological stress; Total peripheral resistance

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; OXYGEN;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 77955273582     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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