Obesity, sympathetic overdrive, and hypertension: The leptin connection

Hypertension

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 844-845

  Rahmouni, Kamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; METABOLISM;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEPTIN; OBESITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77950468896     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.148932     Document Type: Note

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