Role of Inflammatory Processes in the Brain-Body Relationship Underlying Hypertension

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  Fig. 1. Schematics of the bidirectional communication established between the nervous and immune system. Brain areas sensitive to circulating substances like Angiotensin II are represented in blue boxes. Key brain areas composing the brain renin angiotensin system are represented by the red boxes. Green boxes and circles represent the peripheral efferent of the neuroimmune communication involved in cardiovascular diseases. Abbreviations: subfornical organ (SFO); area postrema (AP); paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN); nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS)/dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (DMV); rostroventrolateral medulla (RVLM)