Abstract
1. Decreased nitric oxide (NO) availability is thought to be a feature of cortisol-induced hypertension in humans. 2. We hypothesized that, accordingly, the threshold for a depressor response to NO should be decreased by cortisol treatment. 3. We re-analysed data from a study of baroreflex function in normal men treated with cortisol using glyceryl trinitrate (GTN). 4. Cortisol treatment increased blood pressure and decreased the threshold dose of GTN for a fall in systolic and mean blood pressure. 5. These data support the notion that glucorticoid hypertension is associated with reduced NO bioavailability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1317-1318 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2007 |
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