Hypertension is critically dependent on the carotid body input in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
J Physiol. 2012 Sep 1; 590(Pt 17):4269-77
James Duffin
21 Sep 2012
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Interesting Hypothesis, New Finding
This paper provides important new evidence highlighting the role of the carotid body in the development and maintenance of hypertension.
Because the peripheral chemoreflex is enhanced in hypertensive individuals {1}, these investigators reasoned that denervating the carotid bodies would relieve the hypertension. They tested this...
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