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To assess whether genetic susceptibility or resistance determines the development of hypertension during chronic psychic stress exposure.

July 9, 1976Science

Genetic Predisposition and Stress-Induced Hypertension

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To assess whether genetic susceptibility or resistance determines the development of hypertension during chronic psychic stress exposure.
Exposed rats with genetic susceptibility or genetic resistance to hypertension to chronic approach-avoidance conflict stress.
Tracked and compared systolic blood pressure responses between the two genetically distinct rat strains.
Genetically susceptible rats exhibited persistent elevations in systolic blood pressure following chronic conflict exposure.
Genetically resistant rats showed no hypertensive changes when subjected to the identical chronic stress protocol.

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Animal study reveals chronic conflict stress induces persistent systolic hypertension only in susceptible rats, indicating genetic predisposition governs stress-induced hypertensive responses.

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Friedman et al. (1976) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83b9f16eaad3b729ee7eba https://doi.org/10.1126/science.945610

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Animal study reveals chronic conflict stress induces persistent systolic hypertension only in susceptible rats, indicating genetic predisposition governs stress-induced hypertensive responses.

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