Strategies for investigation of CNS mechanisms of phenotypic variation in blood pressure and salt appetite in genetic hypertensive rats.

doi:10.1016/0039-128x(93)90101-r

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Strategies for investigation of CNS mechanisms of phenotypic variation in blood pressure and salt appetite in genetic hypertensive rats.

Steroids - 1 Dec 1993

Yongue B G

Abstract excerpt

Several characteristics of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), make these homozygous strains particularly well suited for investigating the interactions of salt appetite, blood pressure control, and their neuroendocrine substrates. Appropriate genetic a...

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Animals
Appetite
Blood Pressure
Central Nervous System
Genetic Variation
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Inbred SHR
Rats, Inbred WKY
Sodium Chloride

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