Of the various hypertensive disorders in which mineralocorticoid hormones are involved
mainly those are reviewed in which, apart from aldosterone, hyporeactivity of the
adrenergic nervous system may play a permissive role. The simultaneous occurrence
and extent of participation of these two factors in essential hypertension are being
appreciated increasingly. Their share in the mosaic of hypertension may add to the
accumulating knowledge of this disease entity. In exploring the underlying mechanisms
of hypertension common regulatory pathways involving aldosterone and the adrenergic
nervous system may lead to new aethiopathogenetic insights.
Aldosterone - Sympathetic Nervous System - Essential Hypertension - Mineralocorticoid
Hormones - Salt Intake and Hypertension
