Fig. 5
From: Renal sympathetic nerve activity regulates cardiovascular energy expenditure in rats fed high salt
Effects of renal denervation on blood pressure, food intake and body weight gain in high salt-fed Dahl salt-sensitive rats. a Systolic blood pressure (SBP) over a 6-week period in sham-operated Dahl salt-sensitive (DSS) rats fed a 0.2% NaCl diet with tap water to drink (sham + NS + tap) or a 4% NaCl diet with saline to drink (sham + HS + saline) and renal-denervated DSS rats fed a 4% NaCl diet with saline to drink (RDX + HS + saline) (n = 6 per group). b Urinary sodium excretion (UNaV) in the same DSS rats (n = 6 per group). c Daily food intake (average) of the same DSS rats. d Body weight over a 42-day period of the same DSS rats. All values are expressed as the mean ± SD. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01, vs. sham + NS + tap, †P < 0.05, vs. sham + HS + saline
