Social technology restriction alters state-anxiety but not autonomic activity in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Durocher, John J ^a   Lufkin, Kelly M ^a   King, Michelle E ^a   Carter, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Cold pressor test; Mental stress; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755186802     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00418.2011     Document Type: Article

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