Identification of Stim1 as a candidate gene for exaggerated sympathetic response to stress in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat.

The stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP) is known to have exaggerated sympathetic nerve activity to various types of stress, which might contribute to the pathogenesis of severe hypertension and stroke observed in this strain. Previously, by using a congenic strain (called SPwch1.72)...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Zubaerul Ferdaus, Bing Xiao, Hiroki Ohara, Kiyomitsu Nemoto, Yuji Harada, Kathrin Saar, Norbert Hübner, Minoru Isomura, Toru Nabika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988177?pdf=render