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Review: The renin-angiotensin system in the brain: an update

Institute of Pharmacology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 24105 Kiel, juraj.culman@pharmakologie. uni.kiel.de

Johannes Baulmann

Medizinische Poliklinik, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, 53111 Bonn, Germany

Annegret Blume

Institute of Pharmacology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 24105 Kiel

Thomas Unger

Institute of Pharmacology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 24105 Kiel

Key Words: angiotensin • AT1-receptor • AT2-receptor • renin-angiotensin system • cell growth • differentiation • tissue regeneration • apoptosis • stroke • central nervous system

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Journal of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, Vol. 2, No. 2, 96-102 (2001)
DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2001.019


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