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Diabetic hypertensive leptin receptor-deficient db/db mice develop cardioregulatory autonomic dysfunction.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Feb 2009
Goncalves Andrey C da Costa, Tank Jens, Diedrich André, Hilzendeger Aline, Plehm Ralph, Bader Michael, Luft Friedrich C, Jordan Jens, Gross Volkmar
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Leptin receptor-deficient db/db mice develop human type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and obesity with disrupted circadian blood pressure (BP) rhythm. Whether leptin is the sole mechanism mediating autonomic imbalance and hypertension is unclear. To explore this notion further, we measured BP by radiotelemetry combined with fast Fourier transformation and assessed autonomic function pharmacologically before...
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