A rush of blood to the head -- anger increases blood flow

Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound, also found that this dilatory reflex was absent in people with high blood pressure.

If you want to include this story in your blog, copy and paste this formatted text:

<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news165808114.html">A rush of blood to the head -- anger increases blood flow</a></p> <p>Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Central's open access journal <i>Cardiovascular Ultrasound</i>, also found that this dilatory reflex was absent in people with high blood pressure.</p>