Contribution of orexin receptors to the cardiovascular response of psychological stress

焦虑、害怕挑战、沮丧是现代生活压力源的一部分。我们的身体对这些压力源的反应是增加血压和心率，这反过来会伤害我们的心血管系统，引发心血管事故。在这个项目中，我们测试了一种新型药物，它作用于与这些特殊反应有关的神经化学系统。如果我们的假设是正确的，这些药物中的一种可以用来放松心血管系统，并在压力大的时候保护它。

Anxiety, fear of challenges, frustration are part of modern life stressors. Our body reacts to these stressors by increasing blood pressure and heart rate, which in turn can harm our cardiovascular system and precipitate cardiovascular accidents. In this project we test a new class of drugs that act on a neurochemical system implicated in these particular responses. If our hypothesis is correct, one of these drugs could be used to relax the cardiovascular system and protect it in times of stress.