The Combined Propranolol/TSST Paradigm - A New Method for Psychoneuroendocrinology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Andrews, Julie ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROPRANOLOL; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874314077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057567     Document Type: Article

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