Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, April 4th, 2004
According to recent research from the United States, "Angiotensin II acting centrally contributes to the regulation of blood pressure and water intake and stimulates the release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla."
M.D. Dogan and coauthors at the University of Florida "hypothesized that the central angiotensin II is one mediator of biosynthesis of catecholamines in the adrenal medulla. In their study, rats were "administered i.c.v. angiotensin II or saline, and TH mRNA and protein levels in adrenal medulla were measured 1 or 3 hours (h)...
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