Researchers from the Ottawa Heart Institute (Canada) have identified a steroid that controls blood pressure. This discovery suggests new approaches for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure, according to a press release on the Institute's website, as reported by Pannochka, an online publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35.. net " “This opens up opportunities for us to develop innovative treatment approaches to help patients one day.”.

As you know, the brain controls the peripheral arteries through the nervous system.. Electrical impulses from the brain are transmitted to the arteries through a network of nerves known as the sympathetic nervous system.. This system is essential for daily life, but is often chronically overactive in patients with high blood pressure or heart failure..

But in many patients with hypertension and heart failure, the sympathetic system is overactive.. Existing drugs reduce this activity, but have serious side effects such as fatigue, dizziness, depression, and erectile dysfunction..

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Working with an animal model of hypertension has led to a new link between the brain and high blood pressure, namely the little-studied steroid ouabain.. The study looked at the conditions under which the brain sends signals to the arteries with ouabine and causes an increase in the diameter of the arteries and the production of contractile proteins.. Together with the sympathetic nervous system, they begin to act on the arteries, and thereby contribute to an increase in blood pressure..

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