The renin-angiotensin system: It's all in your head

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 873-876

  Parsons, Kelly K ^a   Coffman, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; VIRUS VECTOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL LINEAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN RELEASE; SODIUM APPETITE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; THIRST; TRANSGENE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 34147107046     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI31856     Document Type: Note

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