CURRENT THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL, cilt.62, sa.8, ss.595-601, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Stress and sympathetic nervous system activation play a major role in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. Recent data suggest that the calcium channel blocker verapamil, in addition to its antihypertensive effects, can alter the level of norepinephrine released during stress.