Effects of mental challenge on neurovascular responses in healthy male subjects

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Huang, Chun Jung ^a   Franco, R Lee ^b   Evans, Ronald K ^b   Acevedo, Edmund O ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearm blood flow; Norepinephrine; Psychological stress; Total antioxidant capacity; Vascular hyperemia; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL STRESS; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROOP TEST; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION;

EID: 78349313030     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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