Press Release No. 1
Berlin
MDC Researchers and Clinical Partners Identify Mediator of Blood Pressure Regulation in the Liver - Pressor Reflex Triggered Simply by Drinking Water
For 60 years, scientists have puzzled over the possibility of a hepatic osmoreceptor that influences blood pressure regulation. Now, researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the MDC and Charité and the Hannover Medical School (MHH) appear to have made a breakthrough discovery.