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Title:
Section on Salt and Adrenals
Author(s):
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1966 Jul 25
Document Number(s):
BNL--10361
Originating Research Org.:
BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States))
OpenNet Entry Date:
2013 Feb 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2013 May 04
Description/Abstract:
There is no evidence to suggest that the adrenal medulla plays a significant role in the production or maintenance of renal hypertension. The decisive experiment was made by Goldblatt and collaborators/who successfully produced experimental hypertension in dogs by renal artery constriction despite the surgical removal of·one entire adrenal and the medulla of the other.