Table 1 Characteristics of SHR and NWR at 16–24 weeks of age

From: Differential regulation of atrial contraction by P1 and P2 purinoceptors in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

 

NWR

SHR

Blood pressure (mm Hg)

110.0±10.0

190.0±10.0a

Body weight (g)

432.0±3.5

339.0±2.4a

Ventricle weight (g)

1.0±0.08

1.3±0.11a

Heart wt/body wt (mg g−1)x10−3

2.4

3.7a

Left atria weight (mg)

180.0±2.8

189.0±1.2

  1. Abbreviations: NWR, normotensive Wistar rat; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rat.
  2. Data obtained from 50 experiments.
  3. aP<0.05 in relation to NWR.
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