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Vascular effects of deletion of melanocortin-4 receptors in rats

Obesity is a major cause of hypertension, but links between the obese and hypertensive states remain incompletely understood. A major component of cardiovascular function in obese individuals is a state of sympathoactivation. A postulated mechanism of this sympathoactivation is the activation of spe...

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Autores principales: Stepp, David W, Osakwe, Christabell C, de Chantemele, Eric J Belin, Mintz, James D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3871461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24400148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/phy2.146