TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress, the sympathetic nervous system and hypertension
AU - Kaplan, Norman M
PY - 1978/9
Y1 - 1978/9
N2 - Stress may be an important contributor to the pathogenesis of idiopathic (essential) hypertension. The probable pathway involves activation of the sympathetic nervous system and thereby an increase in peripheral resistance. This paper reviews the hemodynamics of early hypertension and attempts to relate them to stress-mediated overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. Attention is also given the relations between obesity, race, sex and geography to hypertension.
AB - Stress may be an important contributor to the pathogenesis of idiopathic (essential) hypertension. The probable pathway involves activation of the sympathetic nervous system and thereby an increase in peripheral resistance. This paper reviews the hemodynamics of early hypertension and attempts to relate them to stress-mediated overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. Attention is also given the relations between obesity, race, sex and geography to hypertension.
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U2 - 10.1080/0097840X.1978.9934993
DO - 10.1080/0097840X.1978.9934993
M3 - Article
C2 - 690419
AN - SCOPUS:0018150184
SN - 0097-840X
VL - 4
SP - 29
EP - 34
JO - Journal of Human Stress
JF - Journal of Human Stress
IS - 3
ER -