Perirenal adipose afferent nerves sustain pathological high blood pressure in rats

The sympathetic nervous system can contribute to the development of hypertension, but the neurogenic mechanisms involved are incompletely understood. Here the authors report that afferent nerves in the perirenal adipose tissue (PRAT) contribute to the maintenance of high blood pressure, and PRAT abl...

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Main Authors: Peng Li, Boxun Liu, Xiaoguang Wu, Yan Lu, Ming Qiu, Yihui Shen, Yunfan Tian, Chi Liu, Xiru Chen, Chuanxi Yang, Mengqing Deng, Yaqing Wang, Jia Gu, Zhongping Su, Xuguan Chen, Kun Zhao, Yanhui Sheng, Shijiang Zhang, Wei Sun, Xiangqing Kong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30868-6