{"id":231449,"date":"2026-02-16T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/new-clue-to-treating-hypertension-blocking-a-brain-receptor-may-calm-blood-pressure-signals"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:21:09","slug":"new-clue-to-treating-hypertension-blocking-a-brain-receptor-may-calm-blood-pressure-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/new-clue-to-treating-hypertension-blocking-a-brain-receptor-may-calm-blood-pressure-signals","title":{"rendered":"New clue to treating hypertension: Blocking a brain receptor may calm blood pressure signals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-clue-to-treating-hypertension-blocking-a-brain-receptor-may-calm-blood-pressure-signals3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The human body is often described in parts\u2014different limbs, systems, and organs\u2014rather than something fully interconnected and whole. Yet many bodily processes interact in ways we may not always recognize. For example, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine may have found a link between high blood pressure and an overactive nervous system.<\/p>\n<p>The paper is <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cardiovascres\/article\/121\/16\/2565\/8315365\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Cardiovascular Research.<\/p>\n<p>High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a common cardiovascular condition and a risk factor for multiple diseases and sudden health concerns like stroke or heart attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The human body is often described in parts\u2014different limbs, systems, and organs\u2014rather than something fully interconnected and whole. Yet many bodily processes interact in ways we may not always recognize. For example, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine may have found a link between high blood pressure and an overactive nervous system. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}