1. A standardized method of objectively measuring performance during simulated car driving is described.
2. The effect of a single dose of propranolol and metoprolol were compared with placebo in two groups of patients with untreated essential hypertension.
3. Performance was similar after β-adrenoreceptor-blocking agents or placebo.
4. Blood pressure response to stress persisted after administration of the blocking agents.
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© 1979 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society
1979
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