Brain renin-angiotensin system and dopaminergic cell vulnerability

• Main Authors: Jose L Labandeira-Garcia (Author), Pablo eGarrido-Gil (Author), Jannette eRodriguez-Pallares (Author), Rita eValenzuela (Author), Ana eBorrajo (Author), Ana I Rodríguez-Perez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) was classically considered as a circulating system that regulates blood pressure, many tissues are now known to have a local RAS. Angiotensin, via type 1 receptors, is a major activator of the NADPH-oxidase complex, which mediates several key events in oxi...