Comments on Point:Counterpoint: The dominant contributor to systemic hypertension: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system vs. Activation of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system is the dominant contributor to systemic hypertension

J Appl Physiol (1985). 2010 Dec;109(6):2006.

Authors

Carlos E Negrao¹, Marcelo V Negrao

Affiliation

¹ Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 21188817

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

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

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents