HEART RATE, URINARY CATECHOLAMINES AND ANXIETY RESPONSES DURING MENTAL STRESS IN MEN IN THEIR FIFTIES AND SEVENTIES
Autor: | F. Lille, J. Poitrenaud, A. Baulon, B.A. Faucheux, F. Bourlière, C. Dupuis, C. Moreaux |
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Rok vydání: | 1983 |
Předmět: |
Male
Aging Epinephrine Urinary system Physiology Anxiety Norepinephrine (medication) Norepinephrine Heart Rate Mental stress Heart rate Humans Medicine Aged business.industry Age Factors General Medicine Middle Aged Ageing Anesthesia Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom business Psychometric tests Stress Psychological medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Age and Ageing. 12:144-150 |
ISSN: | 1468-2834 0002-0729 |
DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/12.2.144 |
Popis: | Alterations with ageing in the responses of heart rate (HR), urinary excretion of free epinephrine (E) and norepinephrine (NE) and anxiety were investigated during mild mental stress. Forty-eight normal male volunteers were studied: in control conditions; when subjected to psychometric tests; and during recovery. Men in their seventies had lower baseline levels of HR, E and NE than men in their fifties. Several anxiety indices were positively correlated with E. HR and NE were positively correlated. During stress, mean HR and E levels increased in the two age groups by the same percentages. Mean HR and E levels returned to pre-stress values more slowly in the older age group. |
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