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Brain catecholamines and organ weight of mice genetically selected for high and low blood pressure

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Statistically significant differences were found between the high and low genetically selected blood pressure lines for systolic blood pressure, norepinephrine content of whole brain, absolute heart weight, heart to b. wt ratio, kidney weight, kidney to b. wt ratio, and adrenal to b. wt ratio.

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  1. Department of Systematics and Ecology and The Enzyme Laboratory, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

    G. Schlager, R. Freeman & S. S. Sustarsic

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This research was supported in part by an allocation from the General Research Fund of the University of Kansas and the Biomedical Sciences Support Grant RR-07037.

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Schlager, G., Freeman, R. & Sustarsic, S.S. Brain catecholamines and organ weight of mice genetically selected for high and low blood pressure. Experientia 35, 67–69 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01917881

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