Untersuchungen �ber die sympathico-adrenale Reaktion bei Autofahrern mit Hilfe der Vanillinmandels�ure-Bestimmung im Harn

1 Introduction: Psychosocial Stimuli, Psychophysiological Reactions, and Disease

“…Since then, enhanced sympathoadrenomedullary activity has been demonstrated in response to a wide variety of situations comprising psychosocial stimuli, such as matriculation and other exams (Bogdonoff et al, 1959(Bogdonoff et al, , 1960Pekkarinen et al, 1961;Pitkai et al, 1967), centrifuge rides (Silverman and Cohen, 1960;Frankenhaeuser et al, 1962;Goodall, 1962;Berman and Pettitt, 1961), extensive medical examinations (Ulvedal et al, 1963), dental treatment (Weiss et al, 1965), acrobatic, supersonic and space flight (N.A.S. Klepping et al, 1963;Colehour and Graybid, 1964;Hale, 1965), motor-car driving (Smith and Bennet, 1958;Schmid and Meythaler, 1964), water immersion (Goodall et al, 1964), sensory deprivation (Mendelson et al, 1960;Cohen et al, 1961 a), hospital admission (Tolson et al, 1965;Nelson et al, 1966), and a variety of laboratory situations characterised by over-stimulation, under-stimulation, anticipation, and conflict (Frankenhaeuser, 1971).…”