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Association between the sympathetic firing pattern and anxiety level in patients with the metabolic syndrome and elevated blood pressure

Élisabeth Lambert, Tye Dawood, Nora E. Straznicky, Carolina I. Sari, Markus P. Schlaich, Murray Esler, Gavin Lambert

Journal of Hypertension · 2010 · 117 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

These results suggest that chronic mental stress modulates the pattern of sympathetic activity, which, in turn, may confer greater cardiovascular risk on individuals with the metabolic syndrome and elevated BP.

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Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11 119 cases and 13 648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study

Annika Rosengren, Steven Hawken, Stephanie Ôunpuu et al. · The Lancet · 2004 · 2.4K citations

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Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome: prospective study

Tarani Chandola, Eric J. Brunner, Michael Marmot · BMJ · 2006 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Mental Stress Induces Transient Endothelial Dysfunction in Humans

Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Ann E. Donald, Mark Cropley et al. · Circulation · 2000 · 656 citations

Neuropeptide Y acts directly in the periphery on fat tissue and mediates stress-induced obesity and metabolic syndrome

Lydia E. Kuo, Joanna Kitlińska, Jason U. Tilan et al. · Nature Medicine · 2007 · 649 citations

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Human muscle nerve sympathetic activity at rest. Relationship to blood pressure and age

Göran Sundlöf, B. Gunnar Wallin · The Journal of Physiology · 1978 · 596 citations

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