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Exp Physiol
; 95(1): 51-5, 2010 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19700514
RESUMO
This brief review describes the role of neural and non-neural mechanisms during different phases of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension. There are contradictory data for and against a role of the sympathetic nervous system and neurohumoral agents, including endothelin and vasopressin. Elucidating the factors responsible for DOCA-salt hypertension will be helpful in understanding the causes of hypertension resulting from hypervolaemia, hyperaldosteronism and high salt intake.