Nitric oxide mediates the blood pressure response to mental stress in humans

Nitric oxide mediates the blood pressure response to mental stress in humans

OBJECTIVE: Nitric oxide (NO) regulates arterial pressure by modulating peripheral vascular tone and sympathetic vasoconstrictor outflow. NO synthesis is impaired in several major cardiovascular disease states. Loss of NO-induced vasodilator tone and restraint on sympathetic outflow could res...

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Main Authors: Lionel Trueb, Mattia Lepori, Hervé Duplain, Urs Scherrer, Claudio Sartori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2012-07-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
Subjects:
autonomic nervous system
Hypertension
mental stress
Nitric oxide
vasoconstriction
Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1517

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