title: Comments on Point:Counterpoint: The dominant contributor to systemic hypertension: Chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system vs. Activation of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. Sympathetic activation is the dominant contributor to systemic hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017704:Baroreflex; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014655:Vascular Resistance; D014661:Vasoconstriction