Early environmental influences can attenuate the blood pressure response to acute stress in borderline hypertensive rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 749-754

  Sanders, Brian J ^a   Gray, Matthew J ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Borderline hypertensive rat; Cross fostering; Hypertension; Maternal behvior; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0030998281     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00530-6     Document Type: Article

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