Effects of 6-months' Exercise on Cardiac Function, Structure and Metabolism in Female Hypertensive Rats–The Decisive Role of Lysyl Oxidase and Collagen III

Purpose: According to the current therapeutic guidelines of the WHO physical activity and exercise are recommended as first-line therapy of arterial hypertension. Previous results lead to the conclusion, however, that hearts of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with established hypertension cann...

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Main Authors: Rolf Schreckenberg, Anja-Maria Horn, Rui M. da Costa Rebelo, Sakine Simsekyilmaz, Bernd Niemann, Ling Li, Susanne Rohrbach, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2017.00556/full