Organisation and functional role of the brain angiotensin system
The discovery that all components of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) are present in the brain led investigators to postulate the existence of a local brain RAS. Supporting this, angiotensin immunoreactive neurones have been visualised in the brain. Two major pathways were described: a forebrain p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi - SAGE Publishing
2002-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System |
| Online Access: | http://jra.sagepub.com/content/3/1_suppl/39.full.pdf |