Fish oil and neurovascular reactivity to mental stress in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Carter, Jason R ^a   Schwartz, Christopher E ^a,b   Yang, Huan ^a   Joyner, Michael J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular reactivity; Omega 3 fatty acids; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OLIVE OIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FOREARM; INNERVATION; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878248977     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00031.2013     Document Type: Article

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