Spontaneous Hypertension

I. Development and Heredity.- Establishment of the Inbred Strain of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat and Genetic Factors Involved in Hypertension.- Further Genetic Analysis of Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- A Genetic Analysis of Hypertension in the Rat.- The Development and Inheritance of the High Blood Pressure in the New Zealand Strain of Rats with Genetic Hypertension.- Hereditary Retinal Dystrophic Rats in Strain of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- II. Catecholamine Metabolism.- Catecholamine Metabolism in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Enzymes of Catecholamine Biosynthesis and Metabolism in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats and Hypotensive Effects of the Specific Inhibitors from Microbial Origin.- Catecholamine Content and Metabolism in the Brainstem and Adrenal Gland in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Catecholamine Biosynthesis and Metabolism in the Vasculature of Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats.- Endogenous Level of Norepinephrine and the Sensitivity of Adrenergic Receptors in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- DOCA-salt and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: Comparative Studies on Norepinephrine Turnover in Central and Peripheral Adrenergic Neurons.- Organ Difference of Catecholamine Metabolism in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Low Activity of Dopa Decarboxylase in Cerebral Vessels of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Modification of Catecholamine Metabolism in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- III. Neural Factor and Behavior.- Neural Fraction of Peripheral Vascular Resistance and Vascular Reactivity in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Metabolic Basis for Central Blood Pressure Regulation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Baroreceptor Reflex Functions in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Central Hypothermic Effect of L-dopa in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Behavioral and Pharmacological Characteristics of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Relationship between Behavior and Brain Monoamines in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- IV. Cardiovascular Dynamics.- Cardiovascular Reactivity to Norepinephrine of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Vascular Resistance and Reactivity to Various Vasoconstrictor Agents in Hypertensive Rats.- The Importance of Adaptive Changes in Vascular Design for the Establishment and Maintenance of Primary Hypertension, as Studied in Man and in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Possible Mechanisms of Vascular Reactivity Differences in Spontaneously Hypertensive and Normotensive Rat Aortae.- Reactivity to Sympathomimetic Amines of Atria Isolated from Normotensive and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- The Hemodynamics of the Rat during Ontogenesis, with Special Reference to the Age Factor in the Development of Hypertension.- V. Cardiovascular Pathology.- Pathology of Dietary Induced Cerebrovascular Diseases in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Dietary Effects on Cardiovascular Lesions in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Histopathological Study of Lesions in the Cerebrovascular Walls of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Life-span, Hematological Abnormalities, Thrombosis and Other Macroscopical Lesions in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- Further Studies on the Cardiovascular System in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- On the Fundus of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Cardiac Hypertrophy in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Cardiac Myofibrillar Adenosine Triphosphatase Activity and Calcium Binding of Microsomes in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.- VI. Endocrine Factors.- Pathology of the Adrenal Cortex in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Morphological Studies on Endocrine Organs in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- New Type of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats with Hyperlipmia and Endocrine Gland Defects.- VII. Renal Factors and Electrolytes.- Absence of Hyperactive Renal Humoral Pressor System in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- The Role of Sodium Balance and the Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in the Hypertension of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Responsiveness of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats to a Hypertension-Inducing Substance of the Kidney.- Effect of Spontaneous and Renal Hypertension on a Parabiotic Partner in Rats.- Fluid Exchange between Parabiotic Rats of the Brookhaven Strains.- Renin Inhibitor in the Hypertension-Prone Rat.- Spontaneous Hypertension and Erythrocytosis in Rats.- VIII. Essential Hypertension and Spontaneous Hypertension.- Modification of Hypertension by Antihypertensive Drug Treatment in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- The Spontaneous Hypertensive Rat: An Experimental Analogue of Essential Hypertension in the Human Being.- A Comparison of the Fundus Finding between Essential Hypertension in Human Beings and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.- Characteristics of the New Zealand Strain of Genetically Hypertensive Rats Considered in Relation to Essential Hypertension.- A Molecular Biologist Looks at Hypertension.