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Inflaming Hypothalamic Neurons Raises Blood Pressure
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Inflaming Hypothalamic Neurons Raises Blood Pressure

Kamal Rahmouni, Robin L Davisson and Curt D Sigmund
Cell metabolism, Vol.14(1), pp.3-4
07/06/2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.06.006
PMCID: PMC3131053
PMID: 21723497
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2011.06.006View
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Abstract

Obesity and hypertension are strongly associated, and neural dysfunction has been implicated in both. The hypothalamus integrates signals regulating blood pressure and energy homeostasis. A recent paper in Nature Medicine (Purkayastha et al., 2011) suggests that obesity and hypertension are caused by inflammation in distinct hypothalamic neuronal populations.

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