Abstract: This dissertation described action of bradykinin in the brain on blood pressure behavior in rats, located the brain region involved in this behavior, and characterized the binding kinetics of the brain receptor for bradykinin. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Characterization of Kinin Action and Kinin Receptors in Central Nervous System Tissue" by Robert Edgar Lewis, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.