Melatonin attenuates the skin sympathetic nerve response to mental stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Muller, Matthew D ^a   Sauder, Charity L ^a   Ray, Chester A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MELATONIN; PENNSYLVANIA; PERONEAL NERVE; REFLEX; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887000856     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00470.2013     Document Type: Article

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