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Abstract
Hypertension - the chronic elevation of blood pressure - is a major human health problem. In most cases, the root cause of the disease remains unknown, but there is mounting evidence that many forms of hypertension are initiated and maintained by an elevated sympathetic tone. This review examines how the sympathetic tone to cardiovascular organs is generated, and discusses how elevated sympathetic tone can contribute to hypertension.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16760914 DOI： 10.1038/nrn1902
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Neurosci ISSN： 1471-003X Impact factor: 34.870