• Medicine
• Published in Journal of applied physiology 2010
• DOI:10.1152/japplphysiol.00182.2010

Point: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system is the dominant contributor to systemic hypertension.

@article{Esler2010PointCA,
  title={Point: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system is the dominant contributor to systemic hypertension.},
  author={Murray D. Esler and Elisabeth Lambert and Markus P Schlaich},
  journal={Journal of applied physiology},
  year={2010},
  volume={109 6},
  pages={
          1996-8; discussion 2016
        }
}

• Murray D. Esler, Elisabeth Lambert, Markus P Schlaich

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For the past three decades, the renin-angiotensin system has been the major focus in high blood pressure research. The proven value of antihypertensive drugs that block this system has deflected research from other blood pressure-raising systems, including the sympathetic nervous system. Despite