| Literature DB >> 6617819 |
M O Carruba, H H Keller, M Da Prada.
Abstract
Intraspinal (i.s.) injection of 6-hydroxydopamine or 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine in newborn spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) resulted, in the adult animal (30-week-old), in a marked decrease of spinal cord noradrenaline (NA) or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) levels, respectively. Since both neurotoxin- and vehicle-injected rats developed full hypertension and had similar plasma catecholamine concentrations, it is concluded that in SHR neither spinal cord NA nor 5-HT play a major role in development and maintenance of hypertension.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6617819 DOI: 10.1007/bf01943165
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754