Research Article

Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Baroreflex are Strongly Altered in a Context of Severe Hypertension Using the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Model Associated with Chronic Reduction of Nitric Oxide

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Carotid sinus histology. (a) Hemalum-eosin staining, (b) smooth muscle actin, and (c) chromogranin A. Blue scale bar is 2 mm. There is no difference between SHR and SHRLN. CC, common carotid; EC, external carotid; IC, internal carotid; CB, carotid body; CD, carotid sinus. The examples shown are SHR sections, and no difference was visible on SHRLN sections.