Sex differences in cardiac and renal responses to a high salt diet in Sprague-Dawley rats
High dietary salt intake is an important risk factor for cardiovascular and renal diseases. However, sexual disparity exists in the response of target organs to high salt diet (HSD). To determine how sex affects cardiac and renal functions’ response to HSD, 20 weanling Sprague-Dawley rats (10 males...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Heliyon |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018359978 |