Angiotensin converting enzyme 1 in the median preoptic nucleus contributes to chronic intermittent hypoxia hypertension

Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Chronic intermittent hypoxia is used to model the arterial hypoxemia seen in sleep apnea patients and is associated with increased sympathetic nerve activity and a sustained diurnal increase in blood pressur...

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Main Authors: Katelynn E. Faulk, T. Prashant Nedungadi, J. Thomas Cunningham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-05-01
Series:Physiological Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13277