Mechanisms of brain renin angiotensin system-induced drinking and blood pressure: Importance of the subfornical organ

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2015, Pages R238-R249

  Coble, Jeffrey P ^a   Grobe, Justin L ^a   Johnson, Alan Kim ^a   Sigmund, Curt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Barin; Blood pressure; Fluid; Rennin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN TYPE 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN TYPE 2 RECEPTOR; ELECTROLYTE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FLUID INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; THIRST; ANIMAL; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84923163679     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00486.2014     Document Type: Review

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