Shades of grey: a matter relevant to sympathetic activity and blood pressure control?

Markus P Schlaich^{1

2

3}, Marcio G Kiuchi¹, Revathy Carnagarin¹, Guido Grassi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dobney Hypertension Centre, School of Medicine - Royal Perth Hospital Unit/Medical Research Foundation, University of Western Australia.
² Departments of Cardiology and Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth.
³ Neurovascular Hypertension & Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Milan, Italy.

Editorial

Markus P Schlaich et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;38(2):206-207.

doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002325.

Markus P Schlaich^{1

2

3}, Marcio G Kiuchi¹, Revathy Carnagarin¹, Guido Grassi⁴

¹ Dobney Hypertension Centre, School of Medicine - Royal Perth Hospital Unit/Medical Research Foundation, University of Western Australia.
² Departments of Cardiology and Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth.
³ Neurovascular Hypertension & Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Milan, Italy.

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Comment on

Differences in regional grey matter volume of the brain are related to mean blood pressure and muscle sympathetic nerve activity in normotensive humans.
Kobuch S, Fatouleh RH, Macefield JM, Henderson LA, Macefield VG. Kobuch S, et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Feb;38(2):303-313. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002243. J Hypertens. 2020. PMID: 31568059

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