
Science News from High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions: Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012
Awards | Oral Presentations | Related Statistics | Final Program
| The Harriet Dustan Lecture (8:30–10 a.m.) | About the Award | |
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The Renin-angiotensin System in Obesity and Vascular Diseases Lisa Cassis, PhD University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky . Presentation Slides |
| Oral Session VIII | |
| Concurrent A: Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (8:30–10 a.m.) | |
| Chronic Intrarenal Ghrelin Receptor Antagonism Delays the Onset and Attenuates the Magnitude of High Fat Diet-Induced Hypertension in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats Brandon A. Kemp Univ of Virginia Sch of Med,Div of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Charlottesville, Va. |
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| Concurrent B: Brain Mechanism (8:30–10 a.m.) | |
| Knockdown of ACE2 in the Paraventricular Nucleus Partially Reverses the Protective Effects of Brain ACE2 in DOCA-salt Hypertension Huijing Xia Louisiana State Univ Health Science Ctr, New Orleans, La. |
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Oral Session IX |
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| Concurrent A: New Clinical Concepts (10:30 a.m.–noon) | |
| Systems Biology Approaches to Exploring Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Blood Pressure Regulation Tianxiao Huan NHLBI Framingham, Mass. |
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| Related Statistics | |
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Sponsored by the American Heart Association’s Council for High Blood Pressure Research and the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease.
HBPR 2012 Scientific Sessions | Washington, DC | Sept. 19-22, 2012





