Potential New Target For Hypertension Treatment Discovered
Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 23:35
in Health & Medicine
Pharmacology researchers found that a recently identified enzyme in the brain plays a critically important role in the central regulation of blood pressure. The researchers showed that Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 helps preserve the function of a key spontaneous reflex involved in blood pressure regulation and confirms its potential as a target for the prevention or treatment of high blood pressure.