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New stress-related gene modulates high blood pressure in mice and men

Does stress increase blood pressure? This simple question has been the focus of intense research for many years.

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New stress-related gene modulates high blood pressure in mice and men

Gene Implicated In Stress-Induced High Blood Pressure

Do stressful situations make your blood pressure rise? If so, your phosducin gene could be to blame according to a team of researchers, at the University of Freiburg, Germany , and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, that has identified a role for the protein generated by the phosducin gene in modulating blood pressure in response to stress …

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Gene Implicated In Stress-Induced High Blood Pressure