Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System and Its Modulation in Renal Hypertension

The kidneys are densely innervated with renal efferent and afferent nerves to communicate with the central nervous system. Innervation of major structural components of the kidneys, such as blood vessels, tubules, the pelvis, and glomeruli, forms a bidirectional neural network to relay sensory and s...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Sata, Geoffrey A. Head, Kate Denton, Clive N. May, Markus P. Schlaich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00082/full