Objectives—To review occupational health, laboratory, and sports literature on neuroendocrine reactivity and recovery from mental, combined mental and physical, or physical tasks. Methods—A systematic ...

The aim of this study was to assess the influence of anxiety and plasma catecholamines on the pharmaco-induced erection of psychogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) patients. A total of 23 patients with ...

Nature has been unusually kind to research scientists who work with the catecholamines: it has endowed their work with instant relevance. In few other areas of biomedical science has it been possible ...

Objectives: To determine the effect of physiologic catecholamine concentrations on the defibrillation threshold (DFT) in patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators. Background: DFT is the ...

Objectives—To evaluate coach drivers' work stress during work and in the course of recovery from work by measurement of urinary catecholamines and cortisol. Methods—The urinary excretion rate of ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. While it’s true that cortisol is a key player in your body’s flight or flight response ...

Catecholamine urine testing (CATU) is used to diagnose certain diseases that increase catecholamine production. The test is often combined with a catecholamine blood test. Levels can fluctuate, so ...

A paraganglioma of the glomus-jugulare region secreted norepinephrine and produced episodes of short-lived headache and palpitation similar to those seen in pheochromocytoma. The preoperative ...

Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Dr P Danielson, Department of Integrative Medical Biology ...

ADRENERGIC tissue appears at an early stage in the development of the embryo 1 and, in the adult animal, this tissue is the primary source of the catecholamines 2. It would be reasonable to inquire ...

Renalase is a relatively recently discovered kidney protein connected to chronic kidney disease and blood pressure disorders. It functions by metabolizing catecholamines and similar substances, such ...

Pheochromocytomas are neural crest-derived tumors that produce catecholamines, such as epinephrine and norepinephrine, and arise mainly from the adrenal gland. Closely affiliated tumors of ...