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

Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
22786663
Description
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 result in exaggerated pressor responses to mental stress.
Date of Publication
2012
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Trueb, Lionel
Lepori, Mattia
Duplain, Hervé
Additional Credits
Series
Swiss medical weekly
Publisher
EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag
ISSN
1424-7860
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