title: [Mechanisms of the hypotensive effect of psychorelaxation therapy in hypertension].
abstract: An evaluation of the effect of mental relaxation treatment on endogenous opioid activity and vascular reactivity in 20 patients with labile essential hypertension has demonstrated that mental relaxation treatment results in a significantly greater drop in arterial BP, as compared to pharmacologic placebo, and is associated with the improvement of the patients' psychological status, lesser psychophysiologic and vascular reactivity, and a smaller beta-endorphin increment under emotional stress.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Shkhvatsabaia
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Aĭvazian
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Zaĭtsev
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Golanov
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Oshchepkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001615:beta-Endorphin
vernacular_title: Mekhanizmy gipotenzivnogo deĭstviia psikhorelaksatsionnoĭ terapii pri gipertonicheskoĭ bolezni.