Acute emotional stress as a trigger for intraocular pressure elevation in Glaucoma
Abstract Background Stress-induced activation of the sympathetic nervous system leads to a cascade of metabolic reactions. Emotional stress is a more specific form of stress in which the stressor is a psychological response to a situation subjectively perceived as traumatic. Stress hormones can have...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Ophthalmology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-019-1075-4 |