Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid norepinephrine and blood pressure in neurologic patients.
In 126 patients hospitalized for various diseases norepinephrine in cerebrospinal fluid correlated with blood pressure (r = 0.41, p < 0.0001). Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid norepinephrine levels correlated with heart rate. Central noradrenergic nerves help control blood pressure and may be involved in human hypertension.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000503:physiopathology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology
D009638:Norepinephrine