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The roles of sensitization and neuroplasticity in the long-term regulation of blood pressure and hypertension.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 1 Dec 2015
Johnson Alan Kim, Zhang Zhongming, Clayton Sarah C, Beltz Terry G, Hurley Seth W, Thunhorst Robert L, Xue Baojian
Abstract excerpt
After decades of investigation, the causes of essential hypertension remain obscure. The contribution of the nervous system has been excluded by some on the basis that baroreceptor mechanisms maintain blood pressure only over the short term. However, this point of view ignores one of the most powerful contributions of the brain in maintaining biological fitness-specifically, the ability to promote adaptation of...
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