Blood pressure regulator discovered in the liver

They can be helped by a strategy that is both simple and effective and is used systematically in clinics: drinking a glass of water. The underlying mechanism was elucidated by Professor Gary Lewin and Dr. Stefan Lechner of the MDC, working with Professor Jens Jordan of the Hanover Medical School and Professor Friedrich C. Luft of the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (an institute run jointly by the MDC and the Charité Medical Faculty on the MDC’s Berlin-Buch campus). In their study the scientists identified the sensory nerve cells in the liver that cause the increase in blood pressure by activating parts of the sympathetic nervous system via circuits in the spinal cord.

Nicole Silbermann