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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 diets containing either 54% sucrose, 18% sucrose plus 36% starch, or 54% starch, with 0.1% dietary sodium for 12 weeks....
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