Arterial pressure development in neonatal and young spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Systemic arterial pressure of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were not detectably different from control rats prior to 3 weeks of age. Arterial pressure was elevated in SHR at 4 weeks compared to Wistar-Kyoto rats. Thus, the term 'prehypertensive stage' should probably be reserved for animals less than 1 month of age when this model is examined.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains