Point: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system is the dominant contributor to systemic hypertension

J Appl Physiol (1985). 2010 Dec;109(6):1996-8; discussion 2016. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00182.2010. Epub 2010 Feb 25.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Pressure* / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / metabolism
  • Hypertension / physiopathology*
  • Kidney / innervation
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Kidney / physiopathology
  • Renin-Angiotensin System / drug effects
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / drug effects
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / metabolism
  • Sympathetic Nervous System / physiopathology*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents