Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by FAUCHEUX, B. A.
Right arrow Articles by BOURLIERE, F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by FAUCHEUX, B. A.
Right arrow Articles by BOURLIERE, F.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1983 Oxford University Press

research-article

HEART RATE, URINARY CATECHOLAMINES AND ANXIETY RESPONSES DURING MENTAL STRESS IN MEN IN THEIR FIFTIES AND SEVENTIES

B. A. FAUCHEUX, Chargé de Recherche*, A. BAULON, Médecin Chef de Service{dagger}, J. POITRENAUD, Chargé de Recherche*, F. LILLE, Chef de Travaux—Assistant des Hôspitaux{ddagger}, C. MOREAUX, Psychologue{dagger}, C. DUPUIS, Technicienne* and F. BOURLIERE, Directeur de l'Unité de Recherches Gérontologiques de l'INSERM*

* Unité de Recherches Gérontologiques de l'INSERM (U118) et Centre de Gérontologie de l'Association Claude Bernard 29 rue Wilhern, F-75016, Paris, France
{dagger} Groupe Hospitalier Sainte Périne Paris
{ddagger} Laboratoire de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpetrière Paris

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.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.