Sentences with phrase «hormone constricts the blood vessels»

This hormone constricts the blood vessels and increases blood pressure in order to ensure that our brain has adequate blood flow and oxygen to help us deal with impending danger.

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Still other research has implicated a hormone called angiotensin II, which also constricts blood vessels.
I thought that the sympathetic nervous system and stress hormones (adrenaline) constricts the blood vessels — not dilate them.
Grief - related stress can increase blood pressure and heart rate, raise levels of the stress hormone cortisol, constrict blood vessels, and disrupt cholesterol - filled plaques that line arteries.
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