Rush Of Blood To The Head: Anger Increases Blood Flow
Friday, July 3, 2009 - 23:35
in Health & Medicine
Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments also found that this dilatory reflex was absent in people with high blood pressure.
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