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May 1, 1990Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal responses to mental stress: a study of sensory intake and rejection reactions

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Do different types of mental stress (sensory intake vs rejection) elicit qualitatively different cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal responses in healthy males?

Key Points

The study aims to examine the cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal responses to mental stress through two different sensory challenges.
Participants: 10 healthy males underwent mental challenges (WIT and CWT) to induce stress.
Measurements included heart rate, blood pressure, plasma catecholamines, and muscle sympathetic activity.
Activations were observed during word identification test (WIT) and color word conflict test (CWT).
During CWT, arterial adrenaline increased by 50%, while during WIT it increased transiently by 0.14 nmol 1 ‐1.
MSA increased during CWT; changes during WIT were minor.
Both tests resulted in increased heart rate and cardiac output, but CWT elicited greater responses than WIT.

Structured PICO

Do different types of mental stress (sensory intake vs rejection) elicit qualitatively different cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal responses in healthy males?

Population

10 healthy males

Intervention

Mental stress induced by two mental challenges: sensory intake (word identification test = WIT) and sensory rejection (colour word conflict test = CWT)

Comparator

Basal measurements and active relaxation procedure

Outcome

Cardiovascular, sympathoadrenal and subjective responses (including heart rate, cardiac output, calf blood flow, brachial and pulmonary arterial blood pressures, plasma catecholamines, and muscle sympathetic activity)surrogate

Mental stress from sensory intake and rejection elicits qualitatively similar but quantitatively different cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal responses.

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Implication

Findings in healthy males should not yet change practice; leaves open differential responses in cardiovascular disease.

Cite This Study

Freyschuss et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1fdd15f355831892049853 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1716.1990.tb08910.x

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Cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal responses to mental stress: a study of sensory intake and rejection reactions

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Cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal responses to mental stress: a study of sensory intake and rejection reactions

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