Article
Development and characteristics of a new strain of obese hyperinsulinemic and hyperlipidemic Dahl salt-sensitive rat. The Dahl salt-sensitive/NIH-corpulent rat.
American journal of hypertension - 1 May 1995
Michaelis O E, Velasquez M T, Abraham A A, Servetnick D A, Scholfield D J, Hansen C T
Abstract excerpt
A new congenic rat strain, the Dahl salt-sensitive/NIH-corpulent (DSS/N-cp) rat, has been developed to study the role of obesity and type of dietary carbohydrate in the development of hypertension and its complications. Three groups (n = 6) of young male obese and lean DSS/N-cp rats were fed diet...
Topics
- Animals
- Dietary Carbohydrates
- Disease Models, Animal
- Hyperlipidemias
- Hypertension
- Insulin
- Male
- Obesity
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
