Population
Male Sprague-Dawley rats
Comparison
Chronic peripheral sympathectomy via daily… vs Saline injections over the same 9-day period
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
9 days
Authors
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Suggests vasopressin compensates for sympathetic loss in rats; leaves open relevance to human BP regulation.
Chronic peripheral sympathectomy in rats increases plasma vasopressin levels and pressor sensitivity, indicating a compensatory role for vasopressin in blood pressure maintenance.
Berecek et al. (1985) studied this question.
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