Neurovascular responses to mental stress in prehypertensive humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-82

  Schwartz, Christopher E ^a   Durocher, John J ^a   Carter, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Forearm vasodilation; Mental arithmetic; Microneurography; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INNERVATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ARTERIES; COGNITION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251501707     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00912.2010     Document Type: Article

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