Estudo do efeito do TERPY [Ru(terpy)(bdq)NO+]3+, um novo doador de óxido nítrico, na reatividade vascular e na pressão arterial de ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR)

Pós-graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas - FOA

Análise do processo de reparo alveolar em ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR) não tratados e tratados com Losartan: estudo imunoistoquímico e histomorfométrico

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Remodelação miocárdia e função ventricular em ratos espontaneamente hipertensos observados durante o envelhecimento

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Efeito da hipertensão e do atenolol sobre a atividade salivar e a microdureza dental: estudo experimental em filhotes de ratas espontaneamente hipertensas (SHR)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Efeito do exercício físico sobre a prenhez de ratas com hipertensão arterial crônica

Pós-graduação em Ginecologia, Obstetrícia e Mastologia - FMB

Involvement of the median preoptic nucleus in blood pressure control

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Efeitos do treinamento físico aeróbico sobre a expressão da miostatina e o trofismo de músculos esqueléticos e cardíaco de ratos espontaneamente hipertensos com insuficiência cardíaca

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Estudo dos mecanismos envolvidos no processo de diferenciação em linhagem osteogênica de células-tronco mesenquimais da medula óssea de ratos Wistar e ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR)

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A influência do ciclo estral no comportamento das linhagens de ratos congênica SLA16 e isogênica SHR

Several studies use only male rats in their experiments, even with all the evidence of differences between the sexes, not only in the reproductive behavior but also in the development of diseases. This absence of studies using female rats is due in part to the estrous cycle. It is known that one estrous cycle lasts four to 5 days and consists of four phases: proestrus, estrus, metestrus and diestrus. Ramos et al. (1999) identified and mapped a QTL in an F2 population derived from interbreeding of strains of SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rats) and Lewis (LEW) rats and found, on chromosome 4, the first QTL of the world related to anxiety in rats. After several backcrosses between SHR and LEW strains, it was developed a congenic strain called SLA16, to refine the study of this QTL. This QTL corresponds to a large genomic region, approximately 75 million basepairs (Mb), and was first called Ofil1 (inner open field locomotion 1). Currently it is called Anxrr16 (anxiety-related response region 16) according to the rat genome database (RGD). Izidio et al. (2011) suggested that the natural fluctuation of the hormones in the estrous cycle of female rats could influence the effects of this locus on behavior. That is, females in DP (diestrus-proestrus) present the QTL in the same genomic region that males, while females in EM (estrus-metestrus) do not present it. The effects of the estrous cycle in the SLA16 strain and its isogenic control SHR were analyzed on the elevated plus maze (EPM), black and white box and on the open field test (OF). In the open field test, the SLA16 strain had higher central locomotion (F=5.0, p <0.05) and peripheral locomotion (F=12.6, p <0.01) compared to the SHR strain. In the elevated plus maze test, the SLA16 strain had the higher number of entries (F=9.5, p <0.01) and time spent in the open arms (F=10.3, p <0.01) compared to the SHR strain. Finally, in the black and white box test, the SLA16 lineage spent more time ...

Influência do exercício físico no remodelamento cardíaco de ratos espontaneamente hipertensos

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O Wortmannin reverte a hiporreatividade de aortas à fenilefrina associada à fase final da prenhez de ratas espontaneamente hipertensas (SHR)

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Coupling between respiratory and sympathetic activities as a novel mechanism underpinning neurogenic hypertension

Enhanced sympathetic outflow to the heart and resistance vessels greatly contributes to the onset and maintenance of neurogenic hypertension. There is a consensus that the development of hypertension (clinical and experimental) is associated with an impairment of sympathetic reflex control by arterial baroreceptors. More recently, chronic peripheral chemoreflex activation, as observed in obstructive sleep apnea, has been proposed as another important risk factor for hypertension. In this review, we present and discuss recent experimental evidence showing that changes in the respiratory pattern, elicited by chronic intermittent hypoxia, play a key role in increasing sympathetic activity and arterial pressure in rats. This concept parallels results observed in other models of neurogenic hypertension, such as spontaneously hypertensive rats and rats with angiotensin II–salt-induced hypertension, pointing out alterations in the central coupling of respiratory and sympathetic activities as a novel mechanism underlying the development of neurogenic hypertension.

Inibição sistêmica da NADPH oxidase: estudo do coração de ratos espontaneamente hipertensos com diabetes mellitus

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Inibição sistêmica da NADPH oxidase: estudo do coração de ratos espontaneamente hipertensos com diabetes mellitus

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Previous Exercise Training Has a Beneficial Effect on Renal and Cardiovascular Function in a Model of Diabetes

Exercise training (ET) is an important intervention for chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM). However, it is not known whether previous exercise training intervention alters the physiological and medical complications of these diseases. We investigated the effects of previous ET on the progression of renal disease and cardiovascular autonomic control in rats with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced DM. Male Wistar rats were divided into five groups. All groups were followed for 15 weeks. Trained control and trained diabetic rats underwent 10 weeks of exercise training, whereas previously trained diabetic rats underwent 14 weeks of exercise training. Renal function, proteinuria, renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and the echocardiographic parameters autonomic modulation and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) were evaluated. In the previously trained group, the urinary albumin/creatinine ratio was reduced compared with the sedentary diabetic and trained diabetic groups (p < 0.05). Additionally, RSNA was normalized in the trained diabetic and previously trained diabetic animals (p < 0.05). The ejection fraction was increased in the previously trained diabetic animals compared with the diabetic and trained diabetic groups (p < 0.05), and the myocardial performance index was improved in the previously trained diabetic group compared with the diabetic and trained diabetic groups (p < 0.05). In addition, the previously trained rats had improved heart rate variability and BRS in the tachycardic response and bradycardic response in relation to the diabetic group (p < 0.05). This study demonstrates that previous ET improves the functional damage that affects DM. Additionally, our findings suggest that the development of renal and cardiac dysfunction can be minimized by 4 weeks of ET before the induction of DM by STZ.