Cardiovascular and autonomic responses to stress

Stress and Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 9781848824195, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-53

  Hjemdahl, Paul ^a   Esler, Murray ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute mental stress; Autonomic nervous system; Autonomic responses; Cardiovascular homeostasis; Cardiovascular response; Catecholamine measurements; Chronic mental stress; Limb blood flow; Pathophysiological considerations; Peripheral vascular responses; Renal blood flow; Sympatho adrenal system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929850209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-419-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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