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Behaviorally-evoked plasma catecholamine response and 24-hour excretion of urinary catecholamines among cardiac and vascular reactors.
Biological psychology - 1 Feb 2000
McCaffery J M, Muldoon M F, Bachen E A, Jennings J R, Manuck S B
Abstract excerpt
Individuals differ in the cardiac and vascular processes that underlie blood pressure elevations evoked by environmental stimuli; such differences may reflect variability in sympathoadrenal response. We separated 108 healthy, young-adult males into those with predominant elevations in either cardiac output or peripheral resistance when exposed to psychological challenges. We then asked if they differed on other...
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