Researchers link transient blood pressure rise to learning in brain

It is natural for people to get stressed in their everyday work, but at times, this stress can lead to an increase in blood pressure. Recent research has revealed that minor everyday rises in blood pressure due to short-term stressors can be linked to a brain area that controls conscious and learned motor skills.

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This discovery, presented by University of Gothenburg researchers, paved the way for a chance to influence the rises in blood pressure and, in the long run, prevent hypertension. The study was published in 'Scientific Reports'. In roughly half of all people with hypertension -- persistently high blood pressure (BP) -- there is no known cause. One plausible theory is, however, that hypertension might be the result of a long period of many recurrent BP peaks. Hundreds or thousands of micro-stress events may occur daily the telephone ringing, a car horn sounding in the street with B