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Role of angiotensin in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the development and maintenance of hypertension.
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PMID:  21269877     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Whilst crucial for behavioural and homeostatic responses to environmental challenges, chronic elevation of sympathetic nervous system activity to specific vascular beds is associated with hypertension. Indeed such elevated activity may drive the increase in blood pressure seen in some people and in some experimental models of hypertension. This review discusses the neural circuitry involved in generating and modulating sympathetic efferent nerve activity, focusing on the premotor neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla. Neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla show altered responses to angiotensin II in experimental models of hypertension, suggesting that this might be an important node for interaction between these two systems that are crucial for regulation of blood pressure.
Authors:
Andrew M Allen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-1-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current opinion in pharmacology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1471-4973     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-1-28     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  100966133     Medline TA:  Curr Opin Pharmacol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Department of Physiology and Florey Neurosciences Institutes, University of Melbourne, Vic., 3010, Australia.
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