Effects of chronic stress and diabetes on antioxidant status and myocardial susceptibility to ischemia/reperfusion injury

Diabetes and psychological stress can both be described as states in which the actions of glucocorticoids and catecholamines predominate over those of insulin. Stress has a permissive, albeit poorly defined, effect on the development of myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis, which are major c...

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Main Author: Toleikis, Philip
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7492