Population
Conscious Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) at 6, 9, 14 and 20 weeks of age
Comparison
Methoxamine- and nitroprusside-induced… vs WKY vs SHR across different ages
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Hypertension may accelerate age-related vagal baroreflex loss in rats; human studies needed to confirm relevance.
In a rat model, older spontaneously hypertensive rats show a specific deficit in vagal, but not sympathetic, capacity to control heart rate in response to blood pressure changes.
Head et al. (1988) studied this question.
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