Sympathetic Transduction in Obesity-associated Hypertension (OB-HTN)
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2025-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to understand how the nervous system communicates to blood
vessels to increase blood pressure during stress. The study will also investigate how
hypertension and obesity influence the nervous system and vascular function. The study will
involve measuring sympathetic nervous system activity and blood flow during common laboratory
physiological stress protocols (e.g. hypoxia, exercise), and in response to infusion of drugs
that cause vasodilation or vasoconstriction.