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The renin-angiotensin system in the brain, particularly in the rostral ventrolateral medulla, plays an important role in blood pressure regulation and represents a potential target for antihypertensive therapy.
The renin-angiotensin system in the brain, particularly AT1 receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla, plays an important role in central blood pressure regulation and sympathetic nerve activity, representing a potential target for antihypertensive therapy.
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Ito et al. (2008) conducted an editorial in Hypertension. Antihypertensive therapy targeting brain renin-angiotensin system was evaluated. The renin-angiotensin system in the brain, particularly in the rostral ventrolateral medulla, plays an important role in blood pressure regulation and represents a potential target for antihypertensive therapy.
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