The central role of the brain aldosterone-"ouabain" pathway in salt-sensitive hypertension

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1802, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1132-1139

  Leenen, Frans H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Blood pressure; Central nervous system; Dietary salt; Epithelial sodium channels; Ouabain; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OUABAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHOROID PLEXUS; DAHL SALT SENSITIVE RAT; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPENDYMA; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ION TRANSPORT; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OUABAIN; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SODIUM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 78049258260     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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