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ReviewNeuroscience bulletin2019

Impaired Hypothalamic Regulation of Sympathetic Outflow in Primary Hypertension.

Jing-Jing Zhou, Hui-Jie Ma, Jian-Ying Shao, Hui-Lin Pan, De-Pei Li

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Review in Neuroscience bulletin, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Targeting Histamine H4 Receptor in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla to Relieve Hypertension.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  11. The inseparable relationship between constipation and blood pressure.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  12. [Mechanisms by Which Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus Participates in the Acupuncture Treatment of Diseases].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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  13. GLP-1 in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Promotes Sympathetic Activation and Hypertension.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  15. Hypothalamic Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Contributes to Hypertension in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  19. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jing-Jing ZhouDivision of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Hui-Jie MaDivision of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jian-Ying ShaoDivision of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Hui-Lin PanDivision of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
De-Pei LiDepartment of Medicine, Center for Precision Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA. lidep@health.missouri.edu.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

Signaling Mechanisms of CNS Neuronal Plasticity in HypertensionR01HL131161 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI PAN, HUI-LIN · 2016 to 2019
$2.1M
Hypothalamic Neuronal Plasticity in Chronic StressR01MH096086 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LI, DE-PEI · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
Mechanisms of Stress-Induced HypertensionR01HL139523 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LI, DE-PEI, PAN, HUI-LIN · 2018 to 2021
$1.8M
Synaptic Mechanisms of Stress-Induced HypertensionR01HL142133 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LI, DE-PEI, PAN, HUI-LIN · 2018 to 2021
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131161NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139523NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL142133NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH096086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is a crucial region involved in maintaining homeostasis through the regulation of cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and other functions. The PVN provides a dominant source of excitatory drive to the sympathetic outflow through innervation of the brainstem and spinal cord in hypertension. We discuss current findings on the role of the PVN in the regulation of sympathetic output in both normotensive and hypertensive conditions. The PVN seems to play a major role in generating the elevated sympathetic vasomotor activity that is characteristic of multiple forms of hypertension, including primary hypertension in humans. Recent studies in the spontaneously hypertensive rat model have revealed an imbalance of inhibitory and excitatory synaptic inputs to PVN pre-sympathetic neurons as indicated by impaired inhibitory and enhanced excitatory synaptic inputs in hypertension. This imbalance of inhibitory and excitatory synaptic inputs in the PVN forms the basis for elevated sympathetic outflow in hypertension. In this review, we discuss the disruption of balance between glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs and the associated cellular and molecular alterations as mechanisms underlying the hyperactivity of PVN pre-sympathetic neurons in hypertension.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood PressureExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsHumansHypertensionHypothalamusNeuronsParaventricular Hypothalamic NucleusEssential hypertensionHypothalamusParaventricular nucleusSympathetic nervous systemSynaptic plasticity

Identifiers

PMID30506315
PMCPMC6357282
OpenAlexW2902568951

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