Population
Patients with primary human hypertension (essential hypertension) and healthy subjects
Comparison
Radiotracer measurement of norepinephrine… vs Healthy subjects
Design
Review
Authors
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May implicate central sympathetic overdrive in essential hypertension; leaves open whether targeting CNS norepinephrine improves outcomes.
The study provides biochemical evidence that increased central nervous system norepinephrine turnover may drive sympathetic hyperactivity in essential hypertension.
Esler et al. (1991) studied this question.