Endocrine Abstracts

Aldosterone has important effects on blood pressure regulation and electrolyte haemostasis: recent data from Framingham confirm that plasma levels of the hormone predict subsequent development of hypertension in young adults, while our own data show that plasma aldosterone correlates with blood pressure in older subjects, and is inversely associated with birth weight. It is clear, therefore, that long-term regulation of aldosterone is important in setting blood pressure levels...

John Connell, MRC Blood Pressure Group, Glasgow, UK AbstractJohn Connell graduated in medicine from Glasgow in 1977. After initial training in endocrinology, he was appointed as a Clinical Scientist to the MRC Blood Pressure Unit, Western infirmary, Glasgow in 1983. He held an MRC Travelling Fellowship in the Howard Florey Institute for Experimental Physiology and Medicine from 1987, working with Professor John Coghlan...