Eccentric-exercise induced inflammation attenuates the vascular responses to mental stress

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-142

  Paine, Nicola J ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a   Aldred, Sarah ^a   Bosch, Jos A ^a,b,c   Wadley, Alex J ^a   Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Jet J C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eccentric exercise; Inflammation; Mental stress; Stress induced vasodilation; Vascular responses

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART INFARCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEG; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84876854606     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.01.082     Document Type: Article

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