Frontiers in research series: Neural, hormonal and renal interactions in long-term blood pressure control II. Introduction.

摘要

This issue of the Journal includes an online Frontiers in Research Series of 12 papers arising from the 2nd Conference on Neural, Hormonal and Renal Interactions in Cardiovascular Control. The conference was held in Mahabalipuram, south of Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 10 to 12 December 2008 and included 35 oral and 19 poster presentations. The aim of this and the previous conference, held in Rajasthan in 2004, was to bring together scientists who have complementary research interests in the control of blood pressure and the development of hypertension, in particular those with interests in the roles of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and renal and hormonal mechanisms. The philosophical basis of the meeting rests with the fact that blood pressure is controlled through complex interactions between these three systems. Accordingly, if we are to understand what causes hypertension, researchers working in these fields must also interact.