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.
Not exact matches
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.