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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2020 Jun 29;76(2):300–311. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14521

Figure 3:

Figure 3:

leptin and insulin raise BP by activating POMC neurons and inhibiting AgRP neurons in the arcuate nucleus. POMC neurons activate PVN neurons by releasing α-MSH. AgRP neurons inhibit PVN by releasing NPY. Leptin also raises BP by stimulating the carotid bodies. Dashed lines, minor projections of POMC neurons plausibly involved in SNS control.

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