Publication Date:
1982-01-08
Description:
Sympathetic nervous system activity was assessed in experimental and control subjects who were exposed to graded orthostatic and isometric stress during monthly hospital visits. After the first session, the experimental subjects practiced a technique that elicited the relaxation response. Their concentrations of plasma norepinephrine during subsequent graded stresses were significantly higher. No such changes were noted in the control group. These results were than replicated in the control group in a crossover experiment. The groups did not differ in their heart rate and blood pressure responses. These observations are consistent with reduced norepinephrine end-organ responsivity after regular elicitation of the relaxation response.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hoffman, J W -- Benson, H -- Arns, P A -- Stainbrook, G L -- Landsberg, G L -- Young, J B -- Gill, A -- HL-07374/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-22727/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL-24084/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 Jan 8;215(4529):190-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7031901" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adult
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Blood Pressure
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Female
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Heart Rate
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Humans
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Male
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*Muscle Contraction
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*Muscle Relaxation
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Norepinephrine/blood
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*Relaxation Therapy
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Stress, Physiological/physiopathology
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Sympathetic Nervous System/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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