Modulation of blood pressure by central melanocortinergic pathways

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Mar;25(3):674-7. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp644. Epub 2010 Jan 8.

Authors

Tanja Maier¹, Joachim Hoyer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

PMID: 20061320
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp644

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure / physiology*
Body Weight / physiology
Eating / physiology
Humans
Hypertension / physiopathology
Melanocortins / physiology*
Obesity / genetics
Obesity / physiopathology
Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / genetics
Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / physiology
Receptors, Melanocortin / physiology*
Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

MC4R protein, human
Melanocortins
Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4
Receptors, Melanocortin