Role of neurons and glia in the CNS actions of the renin-angiotensin system in cardiovascular control

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 2015, Pages R444-R458

  de Kloet, Annette D ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Rodríguez, Vermalí ^a   Krause, Eric G ^b   Sumners, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Astrocyte; Microglia; Neurogenic hypertension; Renin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CANDESARTAN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MAS PROTEIN; MINOCYCLINE; PRORENIN; RENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDIATOR; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 84940706936     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00078.2015     Document Type: Review

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