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Altered lens short-circuit current in adult cataract-prone Dahl hypertensive rats.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 1996
Rodríguez-Sargent C, Estapé E S, Fernández N, Irizarry J E, Cangiano J L, Candia O A
Abstract excerpt
We assessed components of lenticular short-circuit current in adult hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive rats (DS) during chronic control (0.4% sodium) versus high (3% sodium) dietary NaCl intake begun at the age of 4 weeks until rats were studied. We also evaluated the influence of barium, a potassium channel blocker, and ouabain, a specific inhibitor of Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity, by adding them to the anterior lens...
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