Hypertension and hormone mechanisms
By: edited by Robert M. Carey.
Contributors: Carey, Robert M.
Series: Contemporary endocrinology; Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Totowa, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781588294081
Subjects: Hypertension -- Endocrine aspects; Hypertension -- Pathophysiology; Hormones -- Therapeutic use; Hypertension -- physiopathology; Hypertension -- therapy; Autacoids -- therapeutic use; Hormones -- therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The intrarenal renin/angiotensin system / Minolfa C. Prieto-Carrasquero, H. Kobori, and L. Gabriel Navar; title: Cardiac and vascular renin/angiotensin systems / Rajesh Kumar, Kenneth M. Baker, and Jing Pan; title: Regulation of cardiovascular control mechanisms by angiotensin- (1/7) and angiotensin-converting enzyme / Carlos M. Ferrario ... [et al.]; title: Angiotensin IV binding site; the AT4 receptor or insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP) / T. A. Jenkins ... [et al.]; title: Angiotensin AT2 receptors in blood pressure regulation / Robert M. Carey and Helmy M. Siragy; title: Angiotensin II and inflammation / Rhian M. Touyz and Ernesto L. Schiffrin; title: Aldosterone and vascular damage / Hylton V. Joffe, Gordon H. Williams, and Gail K. Adler; title: Neurogenic human hypertension / David Robertson, Andre Diedrich, and Italo Biaggioni; title: Calcitonin gene-related peptide and hypertension / Donald J. DiPette and Scott C. Supowit; title: The renal dopaminergic system, hypertension, and salt sensitivity / Robin A. Felder, Robert M. Carey, and Pedro A. Jose; title: Insulin resistance and hypertension / James R. Sowers, W. Thomas, and Joan F. Burns; title: Fatty acids, cell signaling, and cardiovascular risk / Brent M. Egan; title: Goal-oriented hypertension management in diabetic and non-diabetic patients / Gregory M. Singer, John F. Setaro, and Henry R. Black; title: Nitric oxide and hypertension / David L. Mattson and Allen W. Cowley Jr.; title: Role of endothelin-1 in hypertension / Ernesto L. Schiffrin; title: The kallikrein/kinin system and hypertension / Julie Chao and Lee Chao; title: Physiology of natriuretic peptides and their receptors / Kailash N. Pandey; title: Sex steroids and hypertension / Robert M. Carey, Andrew P. Miller, and Suzanne Oparil; title: The lipoxygenase system in the vasculature and hypertension / Naftali Stern and Michael Tuck.